Module 8: Spine & Spinal Cord Injuries
Segment 1: SCI Mechanisms
Websites
Spinal Trauma
Description of various types of spinal trauma, including etiologies and patient assessment. (Oxford Medical Education)
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Sports
Sports-related spinal cord injuries. (sportsmd.com)
Penetrating Spinal Cord Injury
From the Open Access chapter in Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Penetrating spinal cord injury. (intechopen.com)
Spinal Cord Injuries: Practice Essentials
Spinal cord injury as it relates to aging. You must sign in to view the article, but it is free and has links to many other topics. (Medscape)
National SCI Statistical Center
Link to the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems database to find information on SCI prevalence information, a life expectancy calculator, and more. (The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center)
Collaborating Efforts Across the Spinal Cord Injury Community
The North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium website has links to information on advocacy, health and wellness, and more for persons living with spinal cord injury. (North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium)
WHO Mortality Database
A searchable database for global mortality statistics. (World Health Organization)
Injuries and violence
The incidence and impact of intentional and unintentional injuries across the age spectrum. (World Health Organization)
Provincial Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Report Card
Links to a variety of statistics related to the care of patients with traumatic brain injury in the Canadian Provinces. (Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation)