- Requires Intensive hospital care, long-term rehabilitation & life-long care.
- Initial care - strict immobilization of the spine
- Complete neurologic assessment
- Steroid therapy must be initiated within a few hours of injury
- Injuries above C3- are apneic, need intubation
- between C3 and C5 – may need intubation later
- Complete transection- poor prognosis
- Preservation of remaining function