| 09 February 2010 - Latest Cochrane reviews relevant to emergency and urgent care |
| Issue 1 2010 - 14 new, 3 updated and 0 withdrawn Cochrane reviews relevant to emergency and urgent care published January 2010. |
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| 08 February 2010 - Topic tree updated |
| 'Safe-guarding' has been added as a topic under 'Organisational and other issues' and with the sub topics of 'Adult' and 'Children'. Items previously in 'child protection' have been moved. |
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| 02 February 2010 - New 'in process' DARE records |
| 20 'in process' DARE records relevant to emergency and urgent care were added to DARE in December 2009.
As we reported in October 2009, we are now checking DARE 'in process' records for a trial period with the aim to identify more systematic reviews of relevance to emergency and urgent care. Please let us know via our 'contact us' form if you find this useful. During the trial period we will provide a list of relevant reviews each month, but we will not be adding a record for each review into the collection. Please note that the systematic reviews described in these records have not been appraised for quality. |
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| 02 February 2010 - New full DARE abstracts of systematic reviews |
| 15 full DARE abstracts relevant to emergency and urgent care were added to DARE in December 2009. |
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| 01 February 2010 - Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults |
| New guidance from the British Thoracic Society, published in October 2009, replacing earlier guidance of 2001 and 2004. |
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| 01 February 2010 - Intra-hospital registered nurse transport teams impact on patient safety |
| National Guidelines Clearing House summary of this best evidence statement on intra-hospital RN transport teams from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, this NGC summary published 22nd December 2009. |
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| 01 February 2010 - Ambulance Service Network Parliamentary bulletin |
| This news source summarises the latest health issues in government and parliament specifically for members of the Ambulance Service Network. |
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| 01 February 2010 - Too much of the hard stuff - what alcohol costs the NHS |
| New briefing on alcohol-related services, produced by the Ambulance Service Network with the Royal College of Physicians, published on 1st January 2010. |
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| 01 February 2010 - Patient safety fact sheet - Ambulance service |
| New factsheet on patient safety published by the Ambulance Service Network 17th November 2009. |
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| 01 February 2010 - Patient Group Directions December 2009 |
| A practical guide and framework of competencies for all professionals using patient group directions, published by the National Prescribing Centre in December 2009. |
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| 01 February 2010 - Commissioning for emergency and inpatient care for people with diabetes |
| New commissioning guidance from NHS Diabetes, published in November 2009. |
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| 01 February 2010 - New ACEP clinical policy on community-acquired pneumonia |
| "Critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia", published by ACEP in Annals of Emergency Medicine November 2009. |
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| 01 February 2010 - New ACEP clinical policy on appendicitis |
| "Critical issues in the evaluation and management of emergency department patients with suspected appendicitis", published by ACEP in Annals of Emergency Medicine January 2010. |
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| 22 January 2010 - Cauda equina syndrome |
| Clinical review discussing cauda equina syndrome, published in BMJ in March 2009. |
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| 22 January 2010 - New Infection control guidance for ambulance services during an influenza pandemic |
| Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza: summary infection control guidance for ambulance services during an influenza pandemic, published by the Department of Health on the 8th January 2010. |
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| 19 January 2010 - New editorial panel |
| We are pleased to announce that a new Editorial Panel for 'NHS Evidence - emergency and urgent care' has been set up, to support the collection's clinical lead. |
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| 19 January 2010 - Updated syncope guideline |
| Guidelines on diagnosis, management and treatment of syncope - recent guideline from the European Society of Cardiology, published in 2009. |
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| 15 January 2010 - Spotting the sick child |
| A new interactive tool commissioned by the Department of Health to support health professionals in the assessment of the acutely sick child. |
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| 15 January 2010 - Paramedic Practice mailing list |
| This mailing list available via JISCMAIL was launched in August 2009 and is for Library and Information Professionals who support or have responsibility for programmes in the area of paramedic practice and paramedic science. |
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| 15 January 2010 - 'NHS Evidence - health management' Key Topics |
| The following Key Topics from 'NHS Evidence - health management' have recently been updated in January 2010:
End of life care, Out-of-hours services in primary care, Preparation for potential pandemic influenza. |
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