This comprehensive text, written by practising A&E nurses, seeks to provide the nurse with a professional overview of current A&E good practice. Divided into two sections the book covers all the common situations that may occur in an A&E department. Section one concerns itself with the various conditions that are presented and examines the clinical, practical aspects of those conditions. The second section discusses the professional issues involved in A&E nursing such as triage, the role of the Nurse Practitioner, violence and innappropriate attendance.

Contents

Section 1

• Trauma Resuscitation (ATLS)
• Cardiac Conditions
• Respiratory Conditions
• Surgical Conditions
• Gynaecological Conditions
• Unconsciousness
• Neurological Conditions
• Psychological Conditions
• Orthopaedic Injuries
• Burns
• Paediatric Conditions
• Soft Tissue Injuries
• Opthalmic Conditions
• E.N.T. Conditions

Section 2

• Perceived Innappropriate Attendance
• Triage
• Role of the ENP
• Telephone Triage
• Health Education
• Staff Support/Bereavement
• Violence and Aggression
• Major Accident Plannin

Stuart Toulson is the author of Accident and Emergency Nursing, published by Wiley.