KED

Medical abbreviation · Emergency Medicine

KED stands for Kendrick Extrication Device, an emergency medicine abbreviation.

Semi-rigid vest-type device that wraps around the torso, head and neck to keep the spine aligned while a seated patient is removed from a vehicle.

Example: KED applied to driver for extrication; moved to LSB.

Usage notes

Typically used for stable patients sitting in a vehicle; unstable patients may be removed rapidly without it. The device is strapped in a set order: middle, bottom, top, legs and head. Use has decreased under spinal motion restriction protocols.

Related abbreviations

More emergency medicine abbreviations

• HEMS – Helicopter emergency medical services
• HICS – Hospital Incident Command System
• ICS – Incident Command System
• IFT – Interfacility transport
• IHCA – In-hospital cardiac arrest
• ISS – Injury Severity Score
• lac – Laceration
• LSB – Long spine board
• LWBS – Left without being seen
• MARCH – Massive hemorrhage, airway, respiration, circulation, hypothermia
• MCC – Motorcycle crash
• MCI – Mass-casualty incident

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