Nurses shared personal stories during an RCN congress debate last month on whether sanctions against people who attack NHS staff should be made tougher.
Ambulance services in England attempt the resuscitation of almost 30,000 people who have experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) each year. Outcomes can be much improved if automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are used immedia...
Parents are unsure when to return to emergency departments (EDs) after their child has been evaluated for head injury.
A predictive model for admission developed at a healthcare campus in Israel identified 94% of hospitalisations and 90% of discharges within one hour of presentation to the emergency department (ED).
Layla Haidrani
Layla Haidrani
What is your job? I am a clinical development specialist at Hasbro Children's Hospital, the paediatric division of Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, US. I educate and mentor new graduate nurses from the paediatric emergency department (E...
Erin Dean
Erin Dean
Essential facts The Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) creates recommendations for a person's clinical care in a future emergency in which they are unable to make or express choices.
Frances Cannon,Linsey Sheerin,Roisin Devlin
Frances Cannon
The Professional Framework for Emergency Care Nursing was officially launched at the Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council (NIPEC) annual conference in March. It was born from chief nursing officer Charlotte McArdle asking NIPEC t...
The RCN is launching its new credentialing programme for nurses working at an advanced level of practice, following a successful five-month trial.
Daniel Allen
Daniel Allen
The Queen and the prime minister led tributes to nurses and other NHS staff caring for people injured in the recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London. Emergency services worked through the night to assist in the immediate aftermath...