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Accident & Emergency statistics
The following statistics were released on 18th May by the Department of Health: Accident and Emergency attendances and performance: total time spent in A&E from arrival to admission, discharge or transfer, and waiting times for emergency admission through A&E, quarter ending 31 March 2007 . Historical data back to the 1996 / 97 financial year is also available.
Accident & Emergency statistics
The following statistics were released on 18th May by the Department of Health: Accident and Emergency attendances and performance: total time spent in A&E from arrival to admission, discharge or transfer, and waiting times for emergency admission through A&E, quarter ending 31 March 2007 . Historical data back to the 1996 / 97 financial year is also available.
This report, by Professor Sir George Alberti, National Director for Emergency Access, was published on 29th April 2007. It is available in electronic format only.
NHS networks : emergency services networks
NHS Networks' mission is to identify all the networks which exist and encourage the sharing of ideas between, as well as within, networks. This section of the NHS Networks register provides details of emergency services / emergency planning networks. The website includes a Register of networks, useful information links and downloads, a news page and a range of discussion forums.
Services for Children in Emergency Departments: Report of the Intercollegiate Committee for Services for Children in Emergency Departments
“Services for Children in Emergency Departments” is the second edition of the 1999 guidance “Accident and Emergency Services for Children”, the “red book”, widely used in the UK to improve the care of children in emergency settings.
NHS networks : emergency services networks
NHS Networks' mission is to identify all the networks which exist and encourage the sharing of ideas between, as well as within, networks. This section of the NHS Networks register provides details of emergency services / emergency planning networks. The website includes a Register of networks, useful information links and downloads, a news page and a range of discussion forums.
Services for Children in Emergency Departments: Report of the Intercollegiate Committee for Services for Children in Emergency Departments
“Services for Children in Emergency Departments” is the second edition of the 1999 guidance “Accident and Emergency Services for Children”, the “red book”, widely used in the UK to improve the care of children in emergency settings.
6 new abstract were added to the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) in April 2007. Of these, 3 are available full text:
A review of the use of propofol for procedural sedation in the emergency department*
Symington L, Thakore S
Symington L, Thakore S
Emergency Medicine Journal
2006 Vol. 23(2) Pg.89-93
Detsky M E, McDonald D R, Baerlocher M O, Tomlinson G A, McCrory D C, Booth C M
JAMA
2006 Vol. 296(10) Pg. 1274-1283
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for deep vein thrombosis*
Goodacre S, Sampson F, Thomas S, van Beek E, Sutton A
Goodacre S, Sampson F, Thomas S, van Beek E, Sutton A
BMC Medical Imaging
2005 Vol. 5:6
*To access them, you will need a NHS Athens username, starting nhstr…. If you don’t currently have a NHS Athens username, they are available free of charge for NHS staff in Lincolnshire; click here to register.
Updated NICE guidance: Secondary prevention in primary and secondary care for patients following a myocardial infarction
This NICE guideline, which replaces the NICE Guideline ‘Prophylaxis for patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction' (NICE inherited guideline A, April 2001), in part, also clarifies the role of the various treatments available including the best drugs and defines which patients might benefit from interventions such as angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery.
This guideline is of relevance to those who work in or use the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales:
This NICE guideline, which replaces the NICE Guideline ‘Prophylaxis for patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction' (NICE inherited guideline A, April 2001), in part, also clarifies the role of the various treatments available including the best drugs and defines which patients might benefit from interventions such as angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery.
This guideline is of relevance to those who work in or use the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales:
- healthcare professionals who work within the acute and primary healthcare sectors and who have direct contact with patients following a heart attack
- those with responsibilities for commissioning and planning health services such as Primary Care Trust commissioners, Welsh Assembly Government officers
- public health and trust managers
- patients who have had a heart attack, their partners, families and other carers
New / Updated Cochrane Reviews relevant to emergency care: Issue 2 2007
There are 5 new and 3 updated Cochrane Reviews relevant to emergency care. Of these, there are 2 of specific interest to acute emergency care.
Conservative treatments for whiplash
Bed rest for acute uncomplicated myocardial infarction
