A recent rash of newspaper articles, a TV documentary and two consecutive hard-hitting surveys have earned nursing the unenviable reputation of 'the most dangerous job in Britain'.While the profession has long recognised the gradual worseni...
Haemorrhage is a major cause of death in the trauma patient. In this study, the researchers aimed to investigate how accurate visual assessment of blood loss is at the scene of accident. Five case scenarios were set up using manikins and ti...
A small retrospective study from Philadelphia suggested that when grandmothers were involved in a child's care there was a greater use of A&E services. The researchers felt the reverse was true in Britain and that grandmothers had a benefic...
NURSES were in the front-line of the rescue and treatment of victims of the worst avalanche in the Scottish Highlands for 30 years.
Bill Doult,Sharon Watson
Bill Doult
NURSES are to be spared the embarrassment of collecting charges from road traffic accident victims.
Award for prehospital care [0.03%]
院前急救奖
Three nurses working in the field of prehospital emergency care are the first nurses to be awarded the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
It's a terrible indictment on a so-called caring profession to admit it, but most nurses have been bullied at some time in their professional lives.
Braveheart Constitutional change in ScotlandIf you thought the government was secretly making changes that would affect the way you work in the health service, would you be concerned? June Andrews discusses the radical legislative changes taking place in the NHS in Scotland this year [0.03%]
苏格兰的宪法变革《勇敢的心》如果你发现政府正在悄悄做一些可能会影响你在国民保健制度下工作的规定修改，你会担心吗？朱丽叶·安德鲁斯探讨了今年在苏格兰发生的重大立法变化。
June Andrews
June Andrews
The NHS is changing radically this year. It will affect the way nurses are paid, and the way they are held accountable. Education and training in the health service will differ across the UK, and laws may be passed that could mean people wo...
Would a muscle-strength exercise programme for ED staff improve patient survival rates after cardiac arrest? Ock and colleagues from the Catholic University of Korea think that it could. They studied the physical fitness of 47 medical stude...