Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

Mark Edwards, ENP, tHE, BSc, DipN, RGN is Advanced Practice Team Coordinator, College of Human & Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK. He is also the lead in Emergency Nursing in the school, and is a module leader of the Paramedic programme. He has been part of a team that has lead to the successful development of the Diploma (HE) pre-registration programme for paramedics undertaken in liaison with the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST). He is a member of the Association of Advanced Nurse Practitioners (AANPE) and the Welsh Emergency Departments Federation (WEDFed). He has written a number of journal articles. Pauline Griffiths,PhD, RN, PGDipHCL, MSc Nursing, PGCE is Director of Pre-qualifying Undergraduate Studies, College of Human & Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK. Her current research interests include the nurse’s role in acute medical admissions and the experiences of first year paramedic students. External activities include involvement with the Thematic Network for Emergency and Unscheduled Care (TRUST) within the Clinical Collaboration Research Wales group, and membership of the British Critical Care Nursing Association and the British Paramedic Association. She has written a number of journal articles.

The Nurse and emergency departments
Holistic Care
Initial assessment in ED
Shock
Trauma & Musculoskeletal emergencies
Cardiac emergencies
Respiratory emergencies
Neurological emergencies
Gastrointestinal emergencies
Genitourinary, gynaecological and childbirth emergencies
Maxillofacial and ophthalmic emergencies
Environmental emergencies
Glossary
References
Index