Children's pain is more accurately assessed by parents and the children themselves than by emergency department (ED) doctors, who underestimate distress levels, a Norwegian study concludes.
Researchers have proposed a simple formula for calculating the weight of adults and adolescents in the emergency department (ED).
Nick Evans
Nick Evans
Emergency care has been identified as one of four priorities by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens. The others are cancer care, general practice and mental health care.
Getting emergency care back on track was the first of four 'real priorities' highlighted by the health secretary last month at the chief nursing officer for England's summit.
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Erin Dean
Erin Dean
Amy Cawthorne, an advanced clinical practitioner in emergency care in Leeds, is one of the first emergency nurses in the country to reach a national standard for her role.
Kellie-Ann Mower
Kellie-Ann Mower
Encephalitis is a life-threatening condition in which inflammation of the brain tissue occurs. Although it is relatively rare, misdiagnosis or delays in recognition and treatment can have devastating consequences for patients, and there is ...
Erin Dean
Erin Dean
Essential facts [Figure: see text] A national system to improve the recording of how and what urgent and emergency care is provided is being introduced later this year.
Primary school children in Greater Manchester have been learning accident-prevention skills with the help of nursing students from the University of Salford.
Staff at ambulance trusts have painted a bleak picture of their work experiences, revealing high dissatisfaction over pay, staffing levels and the incidence of work-related injuries.
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In March's Emergency Nurse, the article on pre-hospital assessment of a child under one year old with fever advised the administration of glucose if children are 'very unwell or unconscious'. This should read 'check blood glucose'. We apolo...