Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Symptoms and signs

- Numbness (loss of sensation) in any part of the body - Weakness of muscle after trauma - Urinary or faecal incontinence with loss of feeling around the anus. - Neck pain elicited by touching

! Be extremely gentle when touching the back of the patient with suspected spinal cord injury

As a first aider

Do’s

Seek medical help as soon as possible.

Don’ts

Unless the patient is in a dangerous place, do not move the patient.