Chapter 28: Emergency care

  • www.nhs.uk/conditions/accidents-and-first-aid/Pages/Introduction.aspx
    Information on accidents, first aid and treatments by NHS Choices.

  • www.resus.org.uk
    The website of the Resuscitation Council for the UK. Here you can find evidence-based information about resuscitation, including guidelines not only for clinical practice but also training standards, equipment provision and medico-legal issues, as well as information relating to the ethics of resuscitation and how decisions relating to the appropriateness of resuscitation in a given case can be found. You will also find here ‘Lifesaver’, an interactive emergency simulation which you can go through online.

  • www.sja.org.uk
    The website of St John Ambulance, a UK-based first aid charity which offers first aid advice and training courses.

  • www.nice.org.uk/cg50
    This NICE guideline, Acutely Ill Patients in Hospital, examines the issues that surround the early recognition of acutely ill patients and provides guidance on the minimum standards of care that should be provided in order to recognise the acutely ill patient. It also details the systems and structures that should be in place to ensure that the needs of patients identified as being acutely ill are responded to appropriately.

  • www.survivingsepsis.org
    The website of the Surviving Sepsis campaign provides evidence-based guidelines on the definition of the sepsis syndromes, assessment of the severity of sepsis and care bundles that together serve to improve the outcome of an individual with sepsis.