Historical introduction to spinal cord injury; epidemiology and general characteristics of the spinal cord injury patient; clinical manifestations of acute spinal cord injury; cellular, ionic and biomolecular mechanisms of the injury process; applied biomechanics; resuscitation and early medical management of the spinal cord injury patient; imaging of spinal cord injury; immobilization and traction; anaesthesia and critical care management of spinal cord injury; patient selection and timing of surgery; surgical techniques - craniocervical; surgical techniques - cervical spine stabilization; surgical techniques - thoracic and lumbar; surgical techniques - lumbosacral and sacropelvic fixation; penetrating injuries; paediatric spinal cord injury; prevention and treatment of medical complications; urologic management; spinal orthotics; fundamentals, techniques and expectations of the rehabilitation process; the spinal cord injury unit; prevention of the spinal cord injury; past and current human spinal cord injury drug trials; CME questions.
