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<p>Accurate monitoring of critically ill patients in emergency departments (EDs) is crucial to providing the information needed to optimise patient outcome.</p>

<p>The emergency care nurse (ECN) role was introduced in the emergency department (ED) at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, London, in January 2006. This was in response to a rise in both the number of patients presenting with complex critical care needs and in the problems associated with ensuring a consistent level of nursing proficiency in this area.</p>