Practice makes perfect - ‘Saturday night palsy’
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Practice makes perfect - ‘Saturday night palsy’

Dorthe Larsen Nurse consultant, Emergency care at University Hospital Lewisham, London

Nurses working in emergency care often have to manage patients with undifferentiated and previously undiagnosed conditions. This month, Emergency Nurse continues to look at how emergency nurses across the UK have tackled them

A 40-year-old, right-handed male carpenter recently presented to the author’s emergency department complaining of ‘left wrist drop’.

Emergency Nurse. 15, 8, 24-25. doi: 10.7748/en2007.12.15.8.24.c8170

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