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The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has released findings from an ongoing study to identify sources of harm arriving at hospitals that involve alcohol consumption.
Teamwork in the emergency department
The peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia has called for commitment and action, following the handing down of the Report of the Government Inquiry to Mental Health and Addiction.
Almost one in 20 patients presented to Monash Health emergency departments following alcohol use, new figures show. On weekends, this doubled to 1 in 10 patients.
Get a sneak peek at the upcoming ACEM History Timeline, to be launched at the 2018 ASM
ACEM is honoured to have Professor Tom Calma AO deliver the ACEM Foundation Lecture at this month’s Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Perth. Professor Calma is founder of the Close the Gap campaign and a prolific campaigner of social justice, particularly for the rights and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia today released a Communique following a successful Mental Health in the Emergency Department Summit.
More than 150 emergency doctors, psychiatrists, consumers, clinicians and key decision makers will gather in Melbourne next week to tackle Australia’s mental health crisis.
Australia’s health system is failing to meet the needs of people who present to emergency departments with a mental health crisis, according to a new Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) analysis released today.