Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>Antipsychotic drugs (or neuroleptics) are a large class of drugs which can be divided into three groups: phenothiazine, miscellaneous and atypical (Box 1).
<p>This article examines the taking of mementos when dealing with a victim of cot death in an A&E department.
<p>Nurse practitioners (NPs) in the United States have been providing care in hospital emergency departments (EDs) for more than 15 years.
<p>As with other specialties, poisoning follows seasonal trends.
<p>As last month’s train crash at Paddington tragically underlined, smoke inhalation and skin loss are the two potentially catastrophic injuries that can occur from exposu
<p>Ruth Walsh examines the vexed issue of whether an emergency nurse practitioner is an</p>
<p>Telemedicine is a new technology that is set to expand (Rayman 1992, Lindberg 1995, Llewellyn 1995, Brismar 1995), and like any new technology, the people who use it wi
<p>The health service, although always struggling to find enough funds to cover all of the services it supplies, is becoming more and more dependent on computers to hold p
<p>Since its inception in 1972, the RCN A&E Nursing Association has been committed to developing the science and art of A&E nursing and has sought to repre
<p>Iron poisoning occurs in both adults and children. The mortality rate in children is higher; deaths in adults are comparatively rare.
<p>Theories and definitions of health range on a continuum, from the absence of disease to self-fulfilment (Hayman 1965, Blum 1981, Gott and O’Brien 1990, Ewles and Simnet
<p>Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare and the exchange of health care information across distances.
<p>Avariety of drugs are used to treat hyper-tension. This review will cover four groups of antihypertensives: the commonly used beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, plus the newest antihypertensives, angiotensin II antagonists.
<p>Since the early Eighties, triage has become an accepted formalised role in A&E. This has happened despite little substantive evidence in support of its espoused benefits.
<p>The care and treatment of those involved in a disaster lies at the heart of the emergency response. This applies not only to those injured and traumatised – as well as their relatives and friends – but to everyone involved in the emergency response (Home Office 1997).
<p>The winter 1998/9 bed crisis once again highlighted the A&E department as being one of the main pressure points in the NHS, resulting in a great deal of stress being placed upon A&E staff.
<p>Presentation of epistaxis in an A&E department can vary from an acute emergency to a relatively mild or recurrent condition. The severity of epistaxis is often underestimated, but it can be a life threatening condition particularly in elderly patients.
<p>In recent weeks, London has been hit by three nail bomb attacks and has once again focused public and professional attention on the management of major incidents.
