Articles: emergency-department.
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The National Health Service (NHS) depends on a highly skilled workforce. Anything threatening the well-being of that workforce threatens the delivery of healthcare. Violence and aggression directed towards healthcare professionals is a longstanding problem within the NHS, and is particularly acute in the Emergency Department (ED). This study examined ED staff perceptions and experiences of violent behaviour directed towards them within the ED. ⋯ This study adds to current evidence regarding how staff perceive and experience violence in the ED. Given the variation in reporting behaviour, national figures on violence within the NHS are likely to be underestimated. More research is needed to understand the true prevalence of violence occurring in the ED.
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(1) Determine the difference in pre-test and post-test knowledge scores for attendees of a train-the-trainer workshop and (2) determine the number of attendees who disseminated the content within 6 months of attending the workshop. ⋯ A train-the-trainer workshop specifically designed for emergency physicians and nurses that discussed the broad spectrum of SCD was well attended, and 6 months later, 99 additional providers received training.
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Australas Emerg Nurs J · Nov 2013
Factors associated with delayed treatment onset for acute myocardial infarction in Victorian emergency departments: a regression tree analysis.
Minimising time to treatment onset for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the emergency department (ED) is essential, yet little is understood about the interactions between variables affecting it. The aim of this study was to develop a regression tree model explicating the influence of patient and non-patient factors on the time taken to commence treatment for patients with AMI in Victorian EDs. ⋯ Interactions between specific variables influenced whether patients with AMI were treated with equity in Victorian EDs, resulting in previously unidentified evidence-practice gaps and an improved understanding of which patient groups were vulnerable to delayed treatment for AMI.