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Cranial nerve damage

01 May 2004

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) are considered integral to multidisciplinary teams working in A&E. The training these nurses receive is underpinned by a medical...

Knee injuries

01 March 2004

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

The knee joint is the largest and most complicated joint in the body (Snell 2000). It is also a major weight bearing joint that constantly undergoes stress as it...

Supracondylar fracture of the humerus

01 May 2004

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

About 3.5 million children attend UK A&E departments every year (Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health 1999), including 2.3 million who have been injured...

Scaphoid fractures

01 April 2004

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Wrist injuries are frequently encountered in emergency departments (Chakravarty et al 2002). When patients present with such injuries, the possibility of scaphoid...

Mind the gap

01 June 2004

Emergency Nurse

Feature

One in seven people who arrive at the average emergency department has a mental health problem. The figure gives a clue to the complex demands that confront...

Courtesy calls

01 June 2004

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Thrombolysis administration is an integral part of the modern management of acute myocardial infarction (MI) and, for eligible patients, it can have a profound...

Managing acute myocardial infarction

01 June 2004

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Health secretary John Reid has announced a £1 million scheme to assess the feasibility of providing a 24-hour-a-day seven-day-a-week primary angioplasty service for...

The emergency care nurse role: a clinical staff attitude survey

01 March 2007

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

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...

Priapism: diagnosis and early referral in emergency departments

01 February 2007

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Many patients are seen and discharged from emergency departments (EDs) every day, and many are triaged to go to specialists who go on to complete the patients’ care.

Shoulder dislocation: reduction without sedation in the emergency department

01 April 2007

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Shoulder dislocation is one of the most common types of dislocation seen in emergency departments (EDs) (Riebel and McCabe 1991). The mechanisms of injury are varied...