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Health Topics/Injuries, Wound and Trauma/Neck Injury

What is the best way to brace a neck injury?

National Athletic Trainers' Association
National Athletic Trainers' Association
The best way to brace a neck injury that just happened is to stabilize it by holding either side of the head. Once the neck is supported, the patient should be placed on a spine board. Soft and hard braces, called cervical collars, can be used once the doctor is sure there are no broken bones or nerve injuries.

(This answer provided for NATA by the University of Alabama Athletic Training Education Program.)

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