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NEUROTRAUMA JULIE McMANEMY, ANDREW JEA, KATRINA DUCIS GOALS OF EMERGENCY THERAPY Head injury is a common presentation in the pediatric emergency department (ED) The challenge is to distinguish minor... Kunkel CN Cervical spine immobilization and imaging In: King C, Henretig FM, eds Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures 2nd ed Baltimore, MD: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008:313–