Spinal cord injuries
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Spinal cord injuries

Anthony Beynon Staff nurse, Peterborough District Hospital

A learning zone article improved Anthony Beynon’s understanding of the patient experience following injury

The main cause of back injury is trauma, usually the result of direct mechanical insult at the site of the injury. Having just cared for a patient who had a traumatic back injury it was interesting to read how spinal cord injury can affect different systems of the body.

Nursing Standard. 25, 26, 59-59. doi: 10.7748/ns2011.03.25.26.59.c8372

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