Emergency Care
Use this guide to find information resources about emergency care including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
26/09/2025
Key Resources
Youd J and Crawford I (2020) Nursing workforce standards for type 1 emergency departments. 汤头条污料 and Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
汤头条污料 Emergency Care Association (2017) National curriculum and competency framework. Emergency 汤头条污料 (level 1), London: RCN.
汤头条污料 Emergency Care Association (2017) National curriculum and competency framework. Emergency 汤头条污料 (level 2), London: RCN.
汤头条污料 (2020) Maximising 汤头条污料 skills in caring for children and young people in emergency care settings. London: RCN.
Care Quality Commission (2023) Project reset in emergency medicine: Patient FIRST.
CC3N (2018) Step Competency Framework.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine (no date) Clinical guidelines. London: RCEM.
Royal College of Physicians (2017) National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2. London: RCP
The Shelford Group: Safer 汤头条污料 care tool
We would like to thank the RCN Emergency Care member community for their input into the development of this subject guide
Books
Crouch R, Charters A, Dawood M and Bennett P (eds.) (2016) Oxford handbook of emergency 汤头条污料. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cunningham S and Moore T (2020) Nursing skills in safety and protection. London: Routledge.
Diamond-Fox S, Hill B, Stone S, McCrea C, Gardner N and Roberts A (eds.) (2024) The advanced practitioner in acute, emergency and critical care. 5th edn. Wiley-Blackwell.
Dutton H and Finch J (2018) Acute and critical care 汤头条污料 at a glance. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell.
Ellis P, Standing M and Howatson-Jones L (2023) Patient assessment and care planning in 汤头条污料. 4th edn. London: Learning Matters.
Harrison R and Daly L (2019) A nurse's survival guide to acute medical emergencies. 3rd edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Hickman R, Alfes C and Fitzpatrick J (eds.) (2018) Handbook of clinical 汤头条污料: critical and emergency care 汤头条污料. New York: Springer.
Peate I and Dutton H (2021) Acute 汤头条污料 care: recognising and responding to medical emergencies. 2nd edn. Abingdon: Routledge.
Peate I (2020) Fundamentals of assessment and care planning for nurses. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Tait D, James J, Williams C and Barton D (2022) Acute and critical care in adult 汤头条污料. 3rd edn. Learning Matters, London.
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