Spinal Cord Injury Activation Alert: Revisiting and Revamping Protocols

Authors

Ritam Ghosh, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Ralph Marino, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Michael Wolf, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
James S. Harrop, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Objective

Our objective was to look at the current protocol for spinal cord injury activation alerts and to highlight deficiencies in the system. Currently, any physician at Jefferson can call this alert, which often leads to a misuse of resources and wrongful identification of true spinal cord injury.

In order to refine the protocol, we believe that the Cord System should be used for the following guidelines:

1. Identify patients w Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
2. Identify patients for SCI research trials
3. Identify patients who require surgery

Publication Date

6-6-2019

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

quality improvement, spinal cord injury, CORD alert

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Neurology

Comments

Presented at the 2019 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Recommended Citation

Ghosh, MD, Ritam; Marino, MD, Ralph; Wolf, MD, Michael; and Harrop, MD, James S., "Spinal Cord Injury Activation Alert: Revisiting and Revamping Protocols" (2019). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 101.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/101