Sect. 1. The environment -- 1. Social factors and A & E attendance -- 2. Patients, people and nurses - psychology in A & E -- 3. The role of the A & E nurse -- Sect. 2. Critical care -- 4. Nursing care of the critically injured patient -- 5. Nursing care of the emergency patient -- Sect. 3. Nursing care of the injured patient -- 6. Fractures and dislocatons -- 7. Plaster of Paris application -- 8. Soft tissue injury -- 9. Eye complaints and emergencies -- 10. ENT and dental emergencies -- 11. Children in A & E -- 12. The older person in A & E -- 13. Major disaster planning and radiation casualties -- 14. Women's health problems in A & E -- Sect. 4. The patient with behavioural problems -- 15. Substance misuse -- 16. Deliberate self-harm and parasuicide -- 17. The mentally ill patient in A & E -- 18. The difficult problems that nobody else wants -- 19. Sexual problems in A & E -- Sect. 5. Evidence based practice -- 20. Evidence based practice in A & E
