Description: Clearing The Cervical Spine In The Obtunded Patient was presented by Gerald B. Demarest, MD, FACS, on Nov. 5, 2009 at The Arizona Trauma and Acute Care Consortium first annual symposium. Dr. Demarest, professor of surgery at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, talks about the cost of spinal injuries to society, epidemiology of the injuries, and the difficulties in evaluating spinal injuries.