External Guidance

A

+ Abdominal

+ Acute Coronary Syndrome

+ Acutely ill patients

+ Anthrax

+ Arrhythmia

Supraventricular Arrhythmias (Guidelines for the Management of Patients with) (American Heart Association, 2003)

+ Asthma/Respiratory Disease

+ Atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation: the management of atrial fibrillation (NICE CG180, June 2014) PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN AN AMENDMENT SINCE PUBLICATION – See recommendation 1.7.2 in the NICE version and recommendation 64 in the full version (August 2014).
Atrial Fibrillation (Management of) (European Society of Cardiology, 2010)

B

+ Bleeding

+ Breathlessness

C

+ Carbon Monoxide

+ Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ Cellulitis

+ Chest pain

+ Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

+ Complex regional pain syndrome

+ Concussion

Concussion guidelines for the education sector (Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, June 2014)

+ Confidentiality

+ Coronavirus COVID-19

D

+ Domestic Violence

E

+ ED Care and Service Delivery

+ Ebola

+ End of life

+ Endocrinology

F

+ Falls

+ Feverish children

+ Fit notes

+ Fitness to drive

G

+ Gastro-Intestinal

Acute upper GI bleeding (NICE CG141, Jun 2012) – Evidence update (Sept 2014)
Management of Bariatric Patients in the ED – poster (Monkhouse SJW, Morgan JDT, Norton SA, 2012)
Management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, 2008)

H

+ Handover

Adult Critical Care Transfer services – Service specification covering the provision of Adult Critical Care Transfer Services (ACCTS)
Healthcare record standards – Standards for admission, handover, discharge, outpatient and referral records (AoMRC, July 2013)
The ABC of Handover – Tool for EM (Imperial College Healthcare, 2012)
Implementation Guide

+ Head injury

+ Headache

+ Hip Fracture

+ Hospital Discharge

+ Hypertension

I

+ Infectious diseases

+ Intravenous Fluid Therapy

L

+ Low back pain

M

+ Major Trauma

+ MARSIPAN

+ Meningitis

The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults (Journal of Infection, Feb 2016)
Investigations algorithm (Feb 2016)
Algorithm for the empirical treatment of suspected meningitis (Feb 2016)
Poster for EDs (Feb 2016)
Meningococaccal Audit tool (Feb 2016)
Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia (NICE CG102, Sept 2010)
NICE CG102 Evidence update (Jan 2012)
Meningitis – management of meningococcal disease in children and young people (Meningitis Research Foundation, 2013) (this is an expert opinion based algorithm which reflects best current practice – it is very useful and helpful) View Details
Meningitis – Management of Suspected Bacterial Meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia in Immunocompetent Adults (Meningitis Research Foundation, 2013) View Details

+ Mental Health

N

+ Neurological conditions suspected

O

+ Older People

+ Organ Donation

P

+ Paediatric EM

+ Parkinson's

+ Pneumonia

+ Police Liaison

+ Post traumatic stress disorder

+ Pregnancy

+ Pre-hospital

+ Pulmonary embolism

R

+ Radiology

+ Rheumatology

S

+ Safeguarding children

+ Sedation

+ Seizure

+ Self-harm

+ Sepsis

Quality standard for Sepsis (NICE QS161, Sept 2017)
See more here.

+ Sickle cell

+ Stroke/TIA

See the paediatric section below for the latest guidance on stroke in childhood
Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management (NICE NG128, May 2019) NOTE: this replaces CG68

+ Syringe labelling in critical care areas

T

+ Toxicity

+ Transient loss of consciousness

U

+ Urinary tract infection

V

+ Venous thrombosis

+ Violent/challenging behaviour

External Guidance

External Guidance

NHS Evidence

A

Abdominal

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Acutely ill patients

Anthrax

Arrhythmia

Asthma/Respiratory Disease

Atrial fibrillation

B

Bleeding

Breathlessness

C

Carbon Monoxide

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Cellulitis

Chest pain

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Complex regional pain syndrome

Concussion

Confidentiality

Coronavirus COVID-19

D

Domestic Violence

E

ED Care and Service Delivery

Ebola

End of life

Endocrinology

F

Falls

Feverish children

Fit notes

Fitness to drive

G

Gastro-Intestinal

H

Handover

Head injury

Headache

Hip Fracture

Hospital Discharge

Hypertension

I

Infectious diseases

Intravenous Fluid Therapy

L

Low back pain

M

Major Trauma

MARSIPAN

Meningitis

Mental Health (see also RCEM mental health toolkit, Self-Harm and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

N

Neurological conditions suspected

O

Older People

Organ Donation

P

Paediatric EM

Parkinson’s

Pneumonia

Police Liaison

Post traumatic stress disorder

Pregnancy

Pre-hospital

Pulmonary embolism

R

Radiology

Rheumatology

S

Safeguarding children

Sedation

Seizure

Self-harm

Sepsis

Sickle cell

Stroke/TIA