Clinical update

Bronchiolitis: how to recognise red flag symptoms requiring emergency care

Updated NICE guidance focuses on diagnosis, red flag symptoms and when to seek emergency care

Wound care: what the framework for standardised treatment means for your patients

Guidance focuses on individualised care for pressure ulcers, lower limbs and surgical wounds

Cardiac arrest and CPR: guidance update aims to improve survival and patient outcomes

Resuscitation UK advice affirms role of advance care planning

Atrial fibrillation risk, treatment and self-care: updated guidance

How to recognise and manage the symptoms of AF and advise patients on lifestyle adjustments

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: what nurses need to know

A new report shows value of early interventions and community CPR training

Lung cancer or COVID-19? How to differentiate between their similar presentations

A new resource helps patients and nurses differentiate between the symptoms

Human and animal bites: assessment, treatment and when to use antimicrobials

Advice from NICE on how to treat patients with bite wounds

Long-COVID: what it means and how to manage the longer-term effects

Advice from NICE on how to care for patients with ongoing symptoms of the virus

Safe sedation practice in the emergency department

New guidance from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine on advanced clinical practitioners’ airway management skills

How to manage patients who may be concealing drugs internally

RCEM has published guidance on managing cases of suspected internal drug trafficking

Human trafficking and modern slavery: how nurses can support victims

What to look for, how to help – and what not to do if you if you suspect a patient is at risk

Sepsis in children: how to spot the signs

Institute of Health Visiting resource helps parents recognise symptoms of sepsis in a child

How to manage crowding in the emergency department

New guidance looks at the emergency care pathway and offers advice on how to tackle crowding

Diagnosis of respiratory symptoms

New guidance offers pragmatic advice on the safest approach during the pandemic

Infection prevention and control in emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic

New RCEM guidelines aim to protect staff and patients from the spread of infectious diseases

Pain relief for fractured neck of femur: what emergency nurses need to know

Guidance has been issued on the use of fascia iliaca block in emergency departments

COVID-19 and severe asthma: what to advise patients

NICE guidance on managing severe asthma in adults and children during the pandemic
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COVID-19: guidance on when to admit patients to critical care

NICE advises on assessing for frailty and including patients and carers in decision-making

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