• Fast access to concise, targeted information on all essential aspects of emergency nursing and adult and child presentations
• Written by experienced nurses and packed full of up-to-the minute guidance and information
• Patient centred, evidence-based and in line with the latest guidelines
• Indispensable companion for registered and student nurses in the emergency care setting
• Contains detailed information on patient assessment and prioritisation
• Features a handy skills chapter which offers a quick 'aide-memoire' for the reader

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making. Often you are required to make sense of considerable amounts of information and act on it. The Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing provides an essential resource when time is short and the need for practical clinical guidance is paramount. This handbook provides clear, focussed information that will aid all areas of patient assessment and management in emergency care. The concise format will enable the reader to quickly locate the information needed and provides alerts regarding critical 'must-do's' that often apply to the ill or injured adult or child. Those new to emergency care will find this an invaluable source of clinical information that will provide guidance and structure to the patient assessment and management process. The skills section provides a quick resume of the many clinical skills needed in emergency care, ideal as an introduction for the uninitiated and as a refresher when skills are performed infrequently. This handbook will empower nurses and imbue them with the confidence to deliver excellence in emergency care.

Written by clinical nurses and subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing is a unique and invaluable companion for registered and student nurses, and all health care professionals working in emergency care.

Readership: Emergency nurses, emergency care practitioners, paramedics and ambulance technicians, physiotherapy and radiography practitioners with an interest in emergency care, and nurses working in associated emergency care areas such as minor injury units, primary care centres, walk-in-centres, pre-hospital care.

Robert Crouch OBE, Consultant Nurse/Senior Lecturer, Emergency Department, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust & School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, Alan Charters, Consultant Nurse, Emergency Department, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Cosham, Hampshire, UK, Mary Dawood, Consultant Nurse Imperial CollegeNHS Trust St Mary's Hospital London, UK, and Paula Bennett, Consultant Nurse/Honorary Lecturer, Emergency Department Stockport NHS Foundation Trust & School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, University of Manchester, UK

Contributors:
Nicola Adams, Imperial College NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, UK Nicola Adshead, Emergency Department, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Poplar Grove, Stockport, UK Dawn Atkinson, Emergency Department, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Poplar Grove, Stockport, UK Anne Balieff, Southampton City PCT, Bitterne NHS Walk-in Centre, Commercial St, Bitterne, Southampton Louise Bratt, Emergency Department, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Poplar Grove, Stockport, UK Nick Castle, Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Porstmouth Road, Frimley, UK, Hon Research Fellow Durban University of Technology RSA Sarah Charters, Emergency Department, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO51 7LB, UK Andrea Clarke, Emergency Department, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Poplar Grove, Stockport, UK Denise Conyard, Emergency Department, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Poplar Grove, Stockport, UK Nicola Dav