Role of emergency care staff in managing acute stroke
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Role of emergency care staff in managing acute stroke

Caroline Watkins Professor of stroke and older people’s care and director of research at the school of health, Also director of the Lancashire clinical trials unit at the University of Central Lancashire
Craig Anderson Professor of stroke medicine and clinical neuroscience medicine, George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, NSW
Denise Forshaw Senior clinical trials manager, School of health, University of Central Lancashire
Liz Lightbody Senior research fellow, Clinical practice research unit at the School of health, University of Central Lancashire

Caroline Watkins and colleagues explain how some of the latest research focuses on the head position of patients in the first 24 hours

In June, the University of Central Lancashire opened its clinical trials unit, where staff will run complex intervention trials in a range of care areas, including stroke, musculoskeletal health, public health and mental health. One of the first trials looks at how hospital nursing policies in the first 24 hours after patients have had stroke affect their subsequent survival and disabilities. Known as HeadPoST, the study will recruit 20,000 patients globally, with the 6,000 UK research participants managed by Lancashire. This article explores the role of emergency nurses in supporting the research.

Emergency Nurse. 22, 5, 18-19. doi: 10.7748/en.22.5.18.e1363

Correspondence

clwatkins@uclan.ac.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

Received: 26 August 2014

Accepted: 26 August 2014

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