Neck pain after a bar fight

674.1 - C1 fx - 6-7 sublux

In case you didn’t encounter a young trauma patient today!

You are working in a rural hospital. A 34-year-old male trauma patient was brought to the ED by his friends! You applied primary and secondary survey. The patient describes only neck pain. He has a central tenderness at the c-spine area. The facility does not have a CT scan, and you order c-spine X-ray. 

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