Editing Cervical fracture (section)

===Physical examination===
{{See|Clearing the cervical spine}}
A [[medical history]] and [[physical examination]] can be sufficient in [[clearing the cervical spine]]. Notable [[clinical prediction rule]]s to determine which patients need [[medical imaging]] are [[Canadian C-spine rule]] and the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS).<ref name="SaragiottoMaher2018">{{cite journal| vauthors = Saragiotto BT, Maher CG, Lin CW, Verhagen AP, Goergen S, Michaleff ZA |title=Canadian C-spine rule and the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) for detecting clinically important cervical spine injury following blunt trauma|journal=Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|year=2018|volume=2018 |issue=4 |pages=CD012989 |issn=1465-1858|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD012989|url=https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/128267/1/Saragiotto_et_al-2018-Cochrane_Database_of_Systematic_Reviews.pdf|hdl=10453/128267|hdl-access=free | pmc = 6494628 }}</ref>