M Cooke - British Medical Journal, 2006 - qshc.bmj.com T he role of the emergency care practitioner (ECP) has been expanding rapidly
over the past 3 years in the UK. The rationale of this development was to have
prehospital practitioners, from nursing and para- medic backgrounds, who ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] BJ Finlayson - Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine, 1996 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Children per year and we see 70 toddler's fractures (as defined above) each
year. In our experience not all these children require immobilisation of the
limb in a plaster of Paris. We reserve such treatment for children when ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
[CITATION] Strategies to reduce emergency department overcrowding
AE Dobbie, MW Cooke - British Medical Journal, 2008 - emj.bmj.com Results: Between 19 December 1995 and 19 April 2005 there were 272 cases of
litigation conducted through the NHS litigation authority against ambulance
services across the United Kingdom. The greatest proportion of claims was ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 3 versions
A Symon - Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1999 - informahealthcare.com Summary Many claims about an increase in the incidence of perinatal litigation
have been made, despite a lack of comprehensive data which might con®rm this. A
large scale study into litiga- tion throughout Scotland from 1980 to 1995 ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
A Mortimore, S Cooper - British Medical Journal, 2007 - emj.bmj.com Methods: The study was based in one emergency department (ED) in the UK and took
a generic qualitative approach. A stratified sample of nine experienced ED
nurses were recruited for semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
HA Snooks, M Halter, JCT Close, WY Cheung, … - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2006 - qshc.bmj.com Introduction: A high number of emergency (999) calls are made for older people
who fall, with many patients not subsequently conveyed to hospital. Ambulance
crews do not generally have protocols or training to leave people at home, ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] DC Hulbert, WL Riddle, PM Longstaff, JS … - British Medical Journal, 1996 - emj.bmj.com Abstract Objective-To carry out an audit of cases of litigation relating to
accident and emergency departments to determine the outcome and costs to the
hospitals in- volved. Methods-The experience of four similar hospitals was ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
[CITATION] Interventions to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments
