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24 Jul 2019

Response to Media Story that “Victorian Patients At Risk as Hospitals

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Response to Media Story that “Victorian Patients At Risk as Hospitals Run Out of Money”

18 Jul 2019

Finalise Your 2019 CPD Year Activities

Have you finalised recording activities to meet your 2019 CPD targets?

17 Jul 2019

New emergency department data exposes alcohol harm in the ACT

New emergency department data exposes the scale of harm from alcohol in the Australian Capital Territory and the urgent need for national action, according to the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia.

16 Jul 2019

New emergency department data exposes alcohol harm in Melbourne

New emergency department data exposes the scale of harm from alcohol in Melbourne and the need for the Victorian government to take action, according to the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia.

09 Jul 2019

Mentor makes a mark

FACEM Dr Ina Schapiro and her team were recently awarded the South Australia Local Health Network Award for Excellence for their mentoring program, which has been expanded to include a statewide component in South Australia.

04 Jul 2019

Ways to be well

we spoke to FACEM trainee Dr Ameen Shaikh about his ideas for wellbeing

28 Jun 2019

Overcrowding, bed block and ambulance ramping must not be new ‘normal'

Overcrowding, bed block and ambulance ramping must not be the new ‘normal’ for hospital emergency departments in South Australia, says Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) President Dr Simon Judkins.

26 Jun 2019

One in five NZ ED presentations are related to alcohol, survey finds

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has released findings from its fifth annual Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Harm Snapshot Survey, conducted at 2am on Sunday 16 December 2018 in emergency departments across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia.

26 Jun 2019

Burden of alcohol and methamphetamine harm revealed in survey of EDs

The Australasian College for Emegency Medicine has released findings from its fifth annual Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Harm Snapshot Survey, conducted at 2am on Sunday 16 December 2018 in emergency departments across Australia and New Zealand.

24 Jun 2019

Representing Australian EM on the world stage

Queensland FACEM Dr Brydie Edwards is the first Australian or New Zealander to be accepted into the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine.