title: Returning an Employee With Newly Diagnosed Tetraplegia to Work.
abstract: A 41-year-old male manufacturing engineer had a spinal cord injury after being thrown from the horse he was riding and landing on his neck. His injury was a C5 fracture with complete lower limb and trunk paralysis and partial upper limb paralysis. He was transported to the emergency department and eventually to rehabilitation. This article describes this employee's return to work.
authors.forename: Letha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D020211:Autonomic Dysreflexia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000379:methods; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D062707:Return to Work; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014481:United States; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents
keywords: accommodations; anterior cord syndrome; autonomic dysreflexia; quadriplegia; return to work; spinal cord injury; tetraplegia