Spinal shock is mainly caused by acute inflammation of the spinal cord, spinal cord tumors, or traumatic injuries from falling from a height or spinal cord transection, which results in the severance of the spinal cord from the higher centers. At this time, the reflex activity of the spinal cord to the various commands issued by the higher centers disappears, and the patient has a series of unresponsive clinical syndromes, which is also the specific cause of its emergence. The clinical treatment of spinal shock patients needs to be tailored according to the cause. If the cause is myelitis, anti-inflammatory treatment is needed; if the spinal cord is dissected, there is no good clinical treatment, and the patient may be left with paralysis of the lower limbs. Spinal shock is more common in neurosurgery, when the patient is injured in a car accident or fall from a height, it should be considered whether there is a possibility of spinal shock. Therefore, clinicians should conduct a detailed examination and consider whether the diagnosis of spinal shock has been missed.