ACEM supports an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to the Australian Parliament.
ACEM is disappointed that the referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice did not pass.
ACEM acknowledges the challenges facing the health departments including Tasmania in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. ACEM’s expectations have been communicated in correspondence with government and key decision makers, referring to clinical guidelines safety, workforce, vulnerable patients and planning in response to COVID-19.
New emergency department (ED) data has highlighted the extent of alcohol-associated harm on Friday and Saturday nights in the Australian Capital Territory, prompting a call for urgent action in the interests of community safety from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM).
ACEM recommendations to the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed reforms to supply settings for naloxone and sterile injecting equipment. ACEM believes the criminalisation of drug use adds to the harms experienced by people who use drugs and do not support the introduction of a new offence for on-selling.
This document outlines the standards that apply to every emergency medicine consultation. An emergency medicine consultation is a complex, structured process of significantly variable length, depending on patient complexity. The consultation should maximise patient benefit, while minimising delay and inefficiency in the patient journey.
ACEM (through the Clinical Support Program) has been working with Papua New Guinean emergency care colleagues at ANGAU Memorial Provincial Hospital to support the development and implementation of an evidence-based model of care.
The Special Skills Placement guidelines review has now been completed and the Council of Education has approved the changes.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes today’s significant mental healthcare announcement by the Victorian Government.
The Australasian Triage Scale (ATS) is designed for use in emergency department settings throughout Australia and New Zealand. The role of the ATS is as a clinical tool for ensuring that patients are seen in a timely manner, commensurate with their clinical urgency. The ATS should only be used to describe urgency.