International Emergency Nursing Vol. 71 November 2023

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International Emergency Nursing Vol. 71 November 2023

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Tactical leaders’ and collaborative organizations’ non-technical skills<br /><br />
during major road tunnel incidents – An iterative focus group study
Introduction: Leadership during major incidents has been described as challenging and dependent on the nontechnical skills of leaders. The complex tunnel environment contributes to an even more challenging incident
response. Hence, this study aims…

Background: Across a range of fields, including healthcare, heuristics are typically conceived as a source of bias and systematic error. However, research across the
psychological and management sciences shows that intuition and heuristics are also…

Background: Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare inherited illness characterised by recurrent swellings. Four
percent of HAE attacks are life threatening throat swellings requiring urgent medical intervention. The aim of
this study was to gain an…

Background: Nurses make complex triage decisions within emergency departments, which significantly affect
patient outcomes. Understanding how nurses make these decisions and why they deviate from triage algorithms
facilitates interventions that…

It is common for people with Low Back Pain (LBP) to seek care in
emergency departments (ED). In Australia, LBP was ranked in the top
five reasons for attending an ED, with over 145,000 presentations
annually [1]. Care for people with LBP in ED is…

Introduction: Paramedics work in diverse, demanding prehospital settings. We examined the prevalence of critical
incident (CI) experiences, critical incident stress (CI-S), and CI-S association with the intention to leave the
paramedic profession,…

Background: Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are commonly used devices in emergency departments
(EDs), and yet relatively little is known about factors influencing Australian clinicians’ adherence to the national
PIVC quality and safety…

Background: Acute pain is an important complaint reported by trauma victims, however, the relationship between
it and other types of discomfort, such as discomfort caused by cold, discomfort caused by immobilization, and
psychological distress such…

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health care professionals and changed our approach to care
delivery. The aim in this study was to explore nurses’ experiences providing care in the ED during the COVID-19
pandemic in Australia and…
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