What is Emergency Medicine - How do injuries to the cervical spine in children and adults differ?12/29/2022 What is Emergency Medicine - How do injuries to the cervical spine in children and adults differ? Young children are more likely to sustain cervical spine injuries than older children and adults because of the anatomical movement of the cervical spine, which occurs from C2-3 at birth to C5-6 at age 8, and because pediatric cervical spine injuries are frequently linked to severe brain injury and respiratory arrest, which frequently results in death at the scene of the accident.
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