New research from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) in partnership with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) reveals emergency departments (EDs) across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are taking action on climate change.
Reducing family and domestic violence must be the key focus of the next Territory government, says the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, urging political parties to put forward plans for curbing the highest level of violence against women and children in Australia.
Peak emergency medical and nursing bodies of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand call for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire to end the escalating health crisis in Gaza.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has welcomed the $30.848 million for improving emergency department safety in the 2024 budget and awaits further information on how the investment will be implemented.
ACEM is concerned that Tasmania’s new 60-minute transfer of care protocol will dangerously increase pressures on emergency departments, leading to more severe staff shortages, and compromised patient care.
Sobering new data released by ACEM reveals the scale of alcohol-related harm and violence in emergency departments – and its negative impacts on the patients, staff and carers within them.
ACEM has welcomed Labor Tasmania’s pledge to support the training of more regional doctors in emergency care skills.
Tasmania’s political parties need to quit politicking and listen to staff on the frontline of Tasmania’s health system, say emergency doctors.
This week in Canberra, emergency doctors urged the Australian Government to help regional Australians get the acute healthcare they need, by funding local healthcare workers to learn emergency care skills.
Emergency doctors across New Zealand say that the efficacy of extra security provided to emergency departments over summer was ‘a mixed bag’, dependent on the quality of training and support provided to security staff.