You wisely decide that all is not OK with your patient's neck and keep him in his collar until you decide what to do. For his part Mr. Scott says he's just happy to be inside in the warm, though he's worried about his arms. 'It's as if they've gone out' he says, 'I hope they'll only be a little while'. Mr. Scott is a strange man.

You order a lateral cervical spine film, shown at right.