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<p>Of the 291 A&E departments in the United Kingdom, 121 (41.6 per cent) report to provide an A&E flying squad (1).
<p>Organ donation and transplantation are highly controversial and emotive areas of nursing (1).
<p>In the United States lightning is responsible for more deaths than any other naturally occurring disaster including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes (1).
<p>There are many ocular emergencies that can present in accident and emergency departments.
<p> Aim </p> <p>The aim of this article is to explore the care for people with diabetes experiencing a hypoglycaemic episode within the A&E department.
<p>Wound treatment and dressing choice can be a complicated decision making process. Studies appear to indicate that many nurses are still not getting it right (1,2).
<p>Effective assessment is the key to correct treatment.
<p>The brain is the most commonly injured region of the central nervous system (1) with head injuries accounting for the largest population of patients seen in AE (2).
<p>With the elderly population increasing rapidly, and people living well into their 70’s and 80’s (1), it is not surprising that the number of elderly people attending AE
<p>The aim of this article is to explore the care provided for distressed relatives in the A&E department after the occurrence of a sudden death.</p>
<p>Traditionally, IV cannulation has been a medical skill simply passed on, often with little education or understanding of the underlying theoretical principles.
<p>Burn injuries are a common form of trauma presenting in accident and emergency departments. At one extreme is the minor skin damage that most of us have sustained in daily activity.
<p>Psychosocial assessment of parasuicide patients often comprises little more than two questions.
<p>The closure of minor wounds is an everyday occurrence in the A&E department. Despite tissue adhesive or surgical glue being available since 1959 (1), its use in the A&E setting has only become more familiar since the 1980s.</p>
<p>Remember the last shift you worked in the A&E department and visualise, for a moment, the patients who were around you that day: those with a sprained ankle or a cut hand, those returning for a painful wound to be redressed, those with abdominal or chest pain and children with sc
