In order to verify the validity of the continued long-term use of rigid cervical collars in the EMS professional, both descriptive and historical findings will be used. With such a wide array of knowledge and studies completed pertaining to the use of rigid cervical collars some deciphering is needed to determine the efficacy of their use. With many research topics the data available is often split and potentially biased towards a given opinion without much backing. In the case the research presented on rigid cervical collars there is a substantial amount of case pertaining to the negative outcomes of their use and very little data representing positive spectrum. In addition, there if quite a lot of information available that lies in between
