NEXUS C-Spine Criteria
Check each if PRESENT: if any is present, the patient is not “NEXUS low-risk” in this teaching checklist.
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How it works
NEXUS identifies a low-risk subset of blunt trauma patients for whom cervical spine imaging may be omitted when all criteria are absent.
Limits
Penetrating trauma, neurologic deterioration, unreliable exams, and mechanism concerns are not fully captured.
Educational tool only—not for diagnosis or treatment decisions.