Emergency nurse : the journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association
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In this head-to-head debate, the authors provide opposing arguments about whether patients with cardiac arrest should be taken to hospital.
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THE FORM, functions and inner workings of the human body are fascinating. This anatomy guide presents a range of medical images to illustrate how hospital doctors see the human body in their everyday practice.
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IN RESPONSE to Nick Triggle's overview of Sir Bruce Keogh's service review in last month's Emergency Nurse, the concept of a two-tier emergency service has been generally accepted.
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Overcrowding due to poor patient flow increases risk for more than 500,000 patients a year ( College of Emergency Medicine (CEM) 2014 ) and is linked to increased mortality ( Geelhoed and de Klerk 2012 ). CEM ( 2014 ) has called for urgent action to address 'exit block' in UK emergency departments (EDs). ⋯ Under pressurised and time-critical conditions, SPEWS ensures rigour and conformity in exchanges between clinical emergency care staff and managers. The result is closer collaboration between clinicians and managers, optimised patient flow and mitigated risk from exit block.
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A STRATEGY to cut the number of deaths following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is to be published next spring by the Scottish Government.