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Journal scan

01 September 2013

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Foreign body aspiration

07 September 2015

Emergency Nurse

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David Lowe and colleagues at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Florida have published a review on foreign body (FB) aspiration in children.

Under-treated pain

07 September 2015

Emergency Nurse

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Following a literature review, this article outlines two theories on why pain is often under-treated in the emergency department (ED).

Checklists

07 September 2015

Emergency Nurse

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In 2007/08 surgical staff around the world tested the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist, and complications after surgery dropped by more than a...

Bone fracture rates

07 September 2015

Emergency Nurse

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US researchers compared 137,031 women prescribed selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to ease menopausal symptoms with 236,000 women in the same age...

Predicting neurological outcome

01 July 2012

Emergency Nurse

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To help identify patients who can benefit from MTH after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Okada et al (2012) have developed a prediction protocol. They performed a...

Therapeutic hypothermia

01 July 2012

Emergency Nurse

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There is growing evidence to support the use of mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH), also known as targeted temperature management, in out-of-hospital patients who...

Return of homeless patients

01 July 2012

Emergency Nurse

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Many patients return to EDs within 28 days of discharge. If staff can recognise the patients who are more likely to re-present, they can offer interventions that...

Educational poster

01 July 2012

Emergency Nurse

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In an attempt to reduce haemolysation rates in an Australian ED, Corkill (2012) placed educational posters in staff toilet cubicles. This novel approach produced a...

Antibiotic use

03 September 2014

Emergency Nurse

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Over the past decade, the number of people with cutaneous abscesses who present to emergency departments, walk-in centres or minor injury units has increased.