Raising standards

Carol Davis

Ingestion or aspiration of foreign bodies by children

Siba Prosad Paul, Manjunath K Sanjeevaiah, Christine Routley, Meridith Kane

Recognising and managing decompression illness

Michelle Caton-Richards

Haemorrhage control: lessons from the military

William Rowell

Caring for Patients at High Speed

Björn-Ove Suserud, Anders Jonsson, Anders Johansson, Kerstin Petzäll

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Noticeboard

Diary

ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine

Nick Castle

Reading Research: A User-Friendly Guide for Health Professionals

Greta McGough

How to Master Nursing Calculations

Karen Murrell

In pursuit of excellence

Teresa González Gil

Board’s eye view

Rachel Lyons

Departments need right skill mix to cope with demand during winter

Nick Triggle

Community nurses can reduce strain on urgent care staff

Nick Triggle

Along came a spider

Specialist unit offers opportunities for advanced practitioners

Emergency consultants claim workload is unsustainable

Sophie Blakemore

Health boards receive guidance on responding to mass casualties

Government relies on review to prompt changes in services

People who have heart attacks retire early if treatment is delayed

Correction

News in brief

Rights and responsibilities

Claire Picton