Editorial: Who cares for the carers? Looking after emergency healthcare professionals

The pressures placed on emergency departments and their staff on a daily basis is a worldwide phenomenon. In the UK over the past month, we have had the one-year anniversary of the Manchester Arena, Westminster Bridge and London Bridge terrorist attacks. This has placed renewed attention on emergency services who treated people at the scene and at the various emergency departments who received the injured. However, sometimes the day-to-day stresses of emergency work are often overlooked where pre-hospital and emergency staff are threatened, verbally and physically abused and in some instances assaulted.
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research