So you successfully managed this patient, whose cervical spine you could not clear clinically by virtue of his disordered mental state. A reassuring set of plain X-rays and a night of exquisite discomfort in spinal immobilisation enabled you to clear his cervical spine. You can now:

• Review our guidelines on evaluating the cervical spine.
• Let us pick a patient for you (actually it's random).
• Select a patient yourself (not random).
• Quit while you're