SCI Nursing Journal

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Optimal Manual Wheelchair Selection, Setup and Propulsion Techniques
Alicia M. Koontz, PhD, ATP, RET, Annmarie Kelleher, MS, OTR/L, ATP, and Shirley Fitzgerald, PhD
Objectives
• Participants will be able to describe evidence-based clinical practice guidelines concerning wheelchair selection, wheelchair setup, and wheelchair propulsion techniques.
Wheelchairs are the key to providing independence for persons with spinal cord […]

An abstract of selected literature
Edited by Susan B. Greco, RN, MSN, CRRN
Dunn, K. L. (2004). Identification and management of autonomic dysreflexia in the emergency department. Topics in Emergency Medicine, 26(3), 254-259.
While autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a potentially life-threatening syndrome that can occur in persons with spinal cord injury or dysfunction (SCI/D) at or […]