emergency Archives - Resource Library - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

First aid is the immediate treatment given to anyone who is injured, stops breathing or requires assistance. Anyone can learn these skills, and they are very useful to know. The NHS website has step-by-step instructions on different types of first aid. Watch the videos below, and learn Basic Life...

The acute assessment unit (AAU) AAU is a busy 14 bedded unit. The unit is usually used for referrals, short stay admissions and Emergency Department (ED) patients that we need to watch for a longer time. Please use the use the entrance for the Emergency Department to get to AAU. Please bring any...

Emergency, urgent, and trauma theatre list The EUT theatre list is for patients who need an operation very quickly. Your child has been added to this theatre list to have a procedure or operation under general anaesthetic. This means that they will be given medicine so that they are not awake for...

This resource describes how to care for your child after they have had a burn and what to expect while the burn is healing. Dressings If your child has had a dressing applied please keep the dressing dry. If the dressing gets wet, please return to the Emergency Department to have it changed. There...