2012.07.23 Quiz: Cervical Spine Clearance

According to the NEXUS Clinical Criteria, the presence of any one of the findings below is considered to be clinical evidence in patients who are awake and alert that they are at increased risk for cervical spine injury and require radiographic evaluation, except:
A. Tenderness at the posterior midline of the cervical spine
B. Focal neurologic deficit
C. Decreased level of alertness
D. Evidence of intoxication
E. Clinically apparent pain that might distract the patient from the pain of a cervical spine injury
F. Dangerous mechanism