Trust has dismissed 11 staff members for inappropriately accessing medical records
Clinical
<p>Self-poisoning, second only to ischaemic heart disease, is the most common cause of acute medical admissions in the UK.
<p>Of the 291 A&E departments in the United Kingdom, 121 (41.6 per cent) report to provide an A&E flying squad (1).
<p>Organ donation and transplantation are highly controversial and emotive areas of nursing (1).
<p>In the United States lightning is responsible for more deaths than any other naturally occurring disaster including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes (1).
<p>There are many ocular emergencies that can present in accident and emergency departments.
<p> Aim </p> <p>The aim of this article is to explore the care for people with diabetes experiencing a hypoglycaemic episode within the A&E department.
<p>Wound treatment and dressing choice can be a complicated decision making process. Studies appear to indicate that many nurses are still not getting it right (1,2).
<p>Effective assessment is the key to correct treatment.
<p>The brain is the most commonly injured region of the central nervous system (1) with head injuries accounting for the largest population of patients seen in AE (2).
<p>With the elderly population increasing rapidly, and people living well into their 70’s and 80’s (1), it is not surprising that the number of elderly people attending AE departments has also increased.
<p>The aim of this article is to explore the care provided for distressed relatives in the A&E department after the occurrence of a sudden death.</p>
<p>Traditionally, IV cannulation has been a medical skill simply passed on, often with little education or understanding of the underlying theoretical principles.
<p>Burn injuries are a common form of trauma presenting in accident and emergency departments. At one extreme is the minor skin damage that most of us have sustained in daily activity.
<p>Psychosocial assessment of parasuicide patients often comprises little more than two questions.
<p>The closure of minor wounds is an everyday occurrence in the A&E department. Despite tissue adhesive or surgical glue being available since 1959 (1), its use in the A&E setting has only become more familiar since the 1980s.</p>
