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[...]in Sabir and colleagues paper, the triggers for scoring systems result in inclusion of elderly patients who have chronic disease, end of life conditions, or those who would not be appropriate for escalation of care due to poor functional status. The authors suggest regulations around age and alcohol limits, helmet use, and preventing technical modifications of e-scooters to increase speed. The authors identify the higher risk of injury and the complexity of decision-making for cervical spine clearance the Canadian C spine rule advises imaging in all patients aged >65 years and the NEXUS criteria may miss injury in older patients.