This bulletin is brought to you by the Knowledge and Information Service. It aims to keep you up-to-date with issues related to A&E. At the beginning of each month, a librarian will update the bulletin with relevant information published in the preceding month. If there are areas you think we also need to cover, please let us know.
Provision of Trauma Care
The Royal College of Surgeons has published a policy briefing on the planning and provision of care for seriously injured patients.
Pandemic Flu News
This bulletin from the DoH is relevant for emergency planners as well as Flu leads. It includes the lesson learnt from Exercise Winter Willow and a secion on surge management.
Triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults
This new guideline from NICE includes advice on what should happen before someone with a head injury reaches hospital Nice Guidelines and the symptoms that healthcare professionals should watch out for after a head injury.
Guidelines for the early management of adults with ischemic stroke (NGC summary)This guideline form the National Guideline Clearing house aims to provide an overview of the current evidence about components of the evaluation and treatment of adults with acute ischemic stroke and updated recommendations that may be used by physicians who provide acute stroke care within the first hours to time of initial diagnosis, treatment, and initial hospitalization.
Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in adults (NGC Summary)
This guideline current and comprehensive recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of acute spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
Full DARE abstracts relevant to Emergency Care
2 new abstracts were added to the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) in August 2007.
National Knowledge Week for Sepsis Bundles
This knowledge week aims to provide up to date information on the subject of sepsis bundles and incorporates the 2007 revisions to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock.
The care of patients with fragility fractures: the 'blue book'
These guidelines, published by the British Orthopaedic Association seek to summarise current best practice in the care and secondary prevention of fragility fracture and offers guidance, standards of care, and feedback on care and outcomes, thus allowing trauma units to benchmark and improve their management of the most serious common osteoporotic injury.
RCN Paediatric Emergency Care conference
Dec 12, 2007 - Dec 12, 2007 - RCN Headquarters, 20 Cavendish Square, London This conference is aimed at all health professionals who care for children and young people in the emergency and urgent care setting. The Paediatric Emergency Care conference will provide a full and encompassing programme that will explore and examine current and future practices in caring for children and young people.
This bulletin is brought to you by Library and Knowledge Services. It aims to keep you up-to-date with accident and emergency issues. At the beginning of each month, a librarian will update the bulletin with relevant information published in the preceding month. If there are areas you think we also need to cover, please let us know.
