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Emergency Medicine - Report of national survey of emergency medicine This survey, published in January 2007 by the BMA & BAEM, was commissioned by the Emergency Medicine Subcommittee (CCSC) to gather information about the impact of the national incentive scheme to reduce waiting times in emergency medicine departments since the introduction of new standards such as the emergency access target.
The findings are reported under the following headings:
• Background of respondents
• Background of respondent’s department
• Targets
• Support to meet targets
• Outcomes from targets
• Pressure to meet targets
• Support for respondent’s department
• The future of emergency medicine targets
Newly published full text articles
The following articles have been published in Emergency Nurse journal:
Resuscitation of patients during pregnancy.*
May 2007. Vol. 15, Iss. 2; p. 20
Shoulder Dislocation: Reduction without sedation in the Emergency Department*
Apr 2007. Vol. 15, Iss. 1; p. 24
New guidelines for managing patients with burns.*
Mar 2007. Vol. 14, Iss. 10; p. 3
The right to refuse*
Mar 2007. Vol. 14, Iss. 10; p. 12
This article makes reference to the Reference Guide to Consent for Examination or Treatment, published by the Department of health, which is available full text here.
*To access these articles full text, 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.
Emergency Medicine - Report of national survey of emergency medicine This survey, published in January 2007 by the BMA & BAEM, was commissioned by the Emergency Medicine Subcommittee (CCSC) to gather information about the impact of the national incentive scheme to reduce waiting times in emergency medicine departments since the introduction of new standards such as the emergency access target.
The findings are reported under the following headings:
• Background of respondents
• Background of respondent’s department
• Targets
• Support to meet targets
• Outcomes from targets
• Pressure to meet targets
• Support for respondent’s department
• The future of emergency medicine targets
Newly published full text articles
The following articles have been published in Emergency Nurse journal:
Resuscitation of patients during pregnancy.*
May 2007. Vol. 15, Iss. 2; p. 20
Shoulder Dislocation: Reduction without sedation in the Emergency Department*
Apr 2007. Vol. 15, Iss. 1; p. 24
New guidelines for managing patients with burns.*
Mar 2007. Vol. 14, Iss. 10; p. 3
The right to refuse*
Mar 2007. Vol. 14, Iss. 10; p. 12
This article makes reference to the Reference Guide to Consent for Examination or Treatment, published by the Department of health, which is available full text here.
*To access these articles full text, 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.
