SAQ 1212 – Intubated anticoagulated fall patient with cervical spine X-ray

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A 65-year-old man presents by ambulance from a hostel after an unwitnessed fall on the road. He is on warfarin and becomes combative in ED. BP is 170/95, HR 105/min and RR is difficult to record due to agitation. He has a 5 cm forehead laceration and profuse epistaxis. You intubate him and obtain the cervical X-ray shown below.

Lateral cervical spine X-ray after fall and intubation
Cervical spine X-ray.

What is the abnormality on the X-ray and its implications?

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Complete the table in relation to his management.

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