Area Handbook Series: Oceania, A Regional Study. (2002)
The opening and closing chapters of this study pertain to the region as a whole--the first giving a broad cultural and historical overview of Oceania and the last treating the region from a strategic...
Management of sudden bereavement in the accident and emergency department.
Cooke, M. W., Cooke, H. M., Glucksman, E. E.
OBJECTIVE--To assess facilities available for the suddenly bereaved in accident and emergency departments and variations in care of bereaved relatives. DESIGN--Postal questionnaire survey....
Gates, S, Fisher, J D, Cooke, M W, Carter, Y H, Lamb, S E
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of multifactorial assessment and intervention programmes to prevent falls and injuries among older adults recruited to trials in primary care, community, or...
Audit of upper limb fracture management in an accident and emergency department.
Jenkins, D P, Cooke, M W, Glucksman, E E
The objective of this study was to audit the initial management of patients with upper limb fractures, and to determine whether the accident and emergency (A&E) management of fractures is improved by...
Use of the spinal board within the accident and emergency department.
A postal questionnaire was sent to all consultants and specialist trainees in the West Midlands about the use of spinal boards in the accident and emergency (A&E) department. Response rate was 70%....
Accident and emergency 24 hour senior cover--a necessity or a luxury?
Cooke, M W, Kelly, C, Khattab, A, Lendrum, K, Morrell, R, Rubython, E J
Should relatives be allowed in the resuscitation room?
Cooke, M W, Wilson, S, Anthony, A, Morrell, R, Dukes, I, Jones, E
Does the Manchester triage system detect the critically ill?
BACKGROUND: The Manchester triage system (MTS) is now widely used in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments. No clinical outcome studies have yet been published to validate the system. Safety of...
Study of early warning of accident and emergency departments by ambulance services.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the warning time given to accident and emergency (A&E) departments by the ambulance service before arrival of a critically ill or injured patient. To determine if this could...
Cooke, M. W., Allan, T. F., Wilson, S.
AIM: To determine whether there were any changes in attendance at accident and emergency departments that could be related to international football matches (Euro96 tournament). METHOD: Fourteen...