Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Management of calcium channel blocker overdose
The management of patients who have overdosed with calcium channel blockers (CCBs), which...
05 Mar 2014
Identifying and treating a life-threatening disease
Meningococcal septicaemia is a life-threatening condition that all nurses working in...
05 Feb 2014
Automated cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a case study
Rates of survival after cardiac arrest are low and correlate with the quality of...
05 Feb 2014
Recognising and managing acute hyponatraemia
A significant amount of clinicians’ time is spent managing patients with complications...
05 Feb 2014
Comparison of splinting and casting in the management of torus fracture
Torus, or buckle, fractures are unique to, and common in, children, but their treatment...
05 Feb 2014
Airway management in patients with brain injury
Research has highlighted potential for changes in the technique and implementation of the...
01 Dec 2013
Tranexamic acid in patients with major injuries and blood loss
In the UK, care for people with major injuries has improved since the introduction of trauma...
01 Dec 2013
Pre-hospital treatment of traumatic rhabdomyolysis
Described as the pathological breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue in response to major...
01 Dec 2013
Sudden death in emergency care: responding to bereaved relatives
Many emergency nurses find it difficult to support relatives whose loved ones are being...
01 Dec 2013
Caring for Patients at High Speed
Aim The aim of this article is to explore whether ambulance clinicians in Sweden perceive...
01 Nov 2013
Haemorrhage control: lessons from the military
Traumatic injuries with haemorrhage are among the leading causes of death in military and...
01 Nov 2013
Recognising and managing decompression illness
Seen primarily in scuba divers who have breathed compressed air, decompression illness is a...
01 Nov 2013
Ingestion or aspiration of foreign bodies by children
Ingestion and aspiration of foreign bodies are common reasons for children presenting to...
01 Nov 2013
Setting up an alcohol treatment centre
In the emergency unit at University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff, a rise in the number...
01 Oct 2013
Why people complain after attending emergency departments
Complaints are a vital component of clinical governance in healthcare systems. In a patient-...
01 Oct 2013
Communicating with people who have experienced heart attack
Presentations of acute myocardial infarction (MI) can be divided into diagnostic...
01 Oct 2013
Patient safety and nurses’ role in procedural sedation
In the United States, following the singer Michael Jackson’s fatal overdose of the sedative...
01 Oct 2013
Managing boxer’s fracture: A literature review
Boxer’s fractures are commonly seen in emergency departments (EDs) but how these injuries...
01 Sep 2013