Caring for Patients at High Speed
Aim The aim of this article is to explore whether ambulance clinicians in Sweden perceive...
01 Nov 2013
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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
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
Managing boxer’s fracture: A literature review
Boxer’s fractures are commonly seen in emergency departments (EDs) but how these injuries...
01 Sep 2013
Diagnosing Achilles tendon injuries in the emergency department
Achilles tendon (AT) injury is an overuse injury often seen in professional and recreational...
01 Sep 2013
Gynaecological assessment and history taking
Nurse practitioners (NPs) rarely undertake gynaecological histories or female genital...
01 Sep 2013
Training nurses in trauma management
Since major trauma networks were introduced, medical and non-medical staff have been...
01 Jul 2013
Reducing violence and aggression in the emergency department
Emergency department (ED) staff, particularly nursing students and inexperienced nurses, are...
01 Jul 2013
Traffic-light system developed to prioritise cancer treatments
Acute oncology services have been developed to meet the unplanned, urgent care needs of...
01 Jul 2013
Good practice in the management of serious degloving injuries
Many lacerations involve degloving, a form of avulsion in which skin is torn off the...
01 Jul 2013
An autonomous role in emergency departments
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, which manages 250,000 patients in three emergency...
01 Jun 2013
Developing a new post for nurses to identify cases of domestic abuse
Nurses working in emergency departments (EDs) need specialist training to identify and...
01 Jun 2013
Navigating triage to meet targets for waiting times
An initial assessment process, called navigation, has been introduced at Medway Maritime...
01 Jun 2013
Family-centred care during resuscitation events
Caring for families of critically ill patients is part of emergency nurses’ role, but there...
01 Jun 2013
Caring for people who experience domestic abuse
Domestic abuse can affect anyone and is recognised as a global problem that results in...
01 May 2013
Diagnosing and managing invasive meningococcal disease in children
In developed countries, invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a leading infectious cause...
01 May 2013