I'm writing something, i've been in on a lot of traumas, but I'm trying to imagine the sequence that would happen between the staff in relation to the patients needs and protocol. I can't draw anything like thi situation from memory right now.

The dude comes in, he bailed at 80 from a death machine. He codes om the way in and is probably intubated already, we get his butt over to CT, for a typical Head CTL. Full precautions obviously.

The second you shoot the head, everybody and the trauma doc see a super bad bleed. Do we pack him up and get him to the ICU as quickly as possible, or do a quick full spine to find out what we're already expecting? Or, would it have been typical to immediately get an xray of the spine, even if he was coding upon entry?

Also, would it be different if EMT already intubated him, cuz immediately he may be rushed straight to CT inmediately, eliminating an xr opportunity?

I kinda know the answer, cuz you can just shoot an xr upstairs, but I wanted to know your thoughts, or even better, experiences.

I appreciate it, I'm not gonna be the guy to write a script with jacked up hospital details.