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Transporting patients home

10 February 2009

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

At the Royal Gwent Hospital, which is part of Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, the service quality of same-day discharge transport from the emerg ency department (ED) has...

Abdominal assessment and diagnosis of appendicitis

10 February 2009

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Atypical healthcare consultation involves gathering information, inferring a diagnosis and form ulating a management plan.

Targeting early discharge

06 December 2008

Emergency Nurse

Feature

The government has denied claims that older people are being discharged too soon from hospital so that operational standards can be met. CHRISTIAN DUFFIN reports

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT - Accidental digital injection of adrenaline

06 December 2008

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

A 26-year-old nurse presented to the emergency department (ED) after an accidental injection of 0.3ml of 1:1,000 adrenaline into her thumb. She had been attempting...

Practice Makes Perfect - Monteggia’s fracture

06 November 2008

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

A 15-year-old girl, accompanied by her mother, presented to triage about 30 minutes after falling off a 60cm-high wall while attending a party. She landed on her...

Care after chemical, biological, radiation or nuclear events

08 November 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Prompt airway management after chemical, biological, radiation or nuclear (CBRN) incidents is crucial for patient survival. To date, however, the ideal airway device...

Management of minor head injury in adults

08 November 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Head injury accounts for up to 20 per cent of emergency department (ED) attendances (Kay and Teasdale 2001), and approximately 800,000 patients attend UK EDs with...

Perceptions of a ‘virtual’ acute admission unit

09 December 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

The Haaglanden Medical Centre, the Hague, Netherlands, has opened a ‘virtual’ acute admission unit (VAAU) to increase throughput of acute patients. The VAAU consists...

Diagnosis and management of Paget-Schroetter’s syndrome

07 October 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Paget-Schroetter’s syndrome (PSS) is an effort-related syndrome involving upper extremity deep vein thromboses (UEDVTs) that usually occur in the subclavian or...

Mentoring in emergency care: ‘growing our own’

08 November 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Historical attitudes to graduates in emergency departments (EDs) and the effect of nursing staff shortages conspire to make EDs demanding areas in which to begin a...