Table 1.
Injury severity and characteristics for patients who arrived on a spine board or without spinal immobilization.
| Parameter | Treatment Group | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Spine Board N (%) | Spine Board N (%) | ||
| Number of observations | 252 (91.0%) | 25 (9.0%) | --- |
| Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score group | 0.052 | ||
| ≤ 8 | 7 (2.8%) | 3 (12.0%) | |
| > 8 | 244 (97.2%) | 22 (88.0%) | |
| Injury Severity Score (ISS) group | 0.001 | ||
| ≤ 15 | 227 (90.1%) | 16 (64.0%) | |
| ≥ 16 | 25 (9.9%) | 9 (36.0%) | |
| Positive alcohol test | 61/231 (26.4%) | 10/23 (43.5%) | 0.082 |
| Spine injury | 50/252 (19.8%) | 5/24 (20.8%) | 1.000 |
| Spine paralysis | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | --- |