Technical quality of a minor injuries unit
Telemedicine is seen as an exciting new technology and like many others before it,...
01 Sep 2001
Clinical
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Dealing with verbal abuse
Imagine coming into work and within minutes finding yourself the target of a...
01 Sep 2001
Methaemoglobinaemia and poisoning
Methaemoglobin is a form of altered haemoglobin, which can be acquired or...
01 Sep 2001
Alcohol health education programme for schools
The purpose of this study is to review the number of paediatric alcohol related...
01 Sep 2001
Practice through reflection
The rise in A&E attendances, combined with the shortfall in medical...
01 Sep 2001
The varying standards of mobile medical team equipment held by London hospitals
The current Department of Health NHS Guidance (1998) states that every acute...
01 Aug 2001
Attitudes to patients who present with suicidal behaviour
There are national and local concerns regarding the increase in A&E...
01 Jul 2001
Lead Poisoning
Although the general population may be exposed to lead from numerous environmental...
01 Jul 2001
The student as named nurse: a new model of learning
In many A&E units, patient care is divided between acute, minor and...
01 Jul 2001
Extending the ENP role with ENP review clinics a preliminary study
As public expectations of the health service progressively increase, there will be...
01 Jun 2001
Digoxin overdose: clinical features and management
Digoxin is a digitalis glycoside extracted from the leaves of the plant Digitalis...
01 Jun 2001
Great expectations
This is the first of a two-part research paper which sought to establish what the...
01 Jun 2001
Minor injury Services – the present state
It has been suggested that a large number of patients attending A&E...
01 May 2001
Sulphonylureas and metformin overdose: clinical features and management
Nicola Bates discusses the problems in the treatment of overdose of two drugs...
01 May 2001
Caring for people with Down syndrome in A&E
The concept of vulnerability is commonly used in the health care setting, though it...
01 May 2001
Antimalarial drug overdose: clinical features and management
Malaria is caused by infection with protozoan parasites of the Plasmodia genus; the...
01 Apr 2001
Non accidental injury vs staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome A case study
This is a case study of a young child who was brought to the A&E department...
01 Apr 2001
Prompts to request telemedical consultations in clinical protocols
Telemedicine is a new technology, and so it is important to incorporate prompts in...
01 Apr 2001