Clinical Criteria to ExcludeCervical Spine Injury

• No complaint of neck pain when asked AND
• No neck tenderness on palpation AND
• No h/o loss of consciousness AND
• No altered mental status (alcohol, drugs, trauma) AND
• No sensory or motor deficits AND
• No distracting painful Injury

If ALL of the above are present, cervical spinal injury can be ruled out and hard collar taken off.

Applicable mostly to children over the age of 8 years