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PS09
A quality culture is fundamental to providing the highest standard of care in EDs. As part of its leadership role ACEM has developed Quality Standards that are applicable to emergency medicine at all levels in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Any individual with symptoms that lead them to believe that they have an injury or illness that could place their health in jeopardy, or lead to an impairment of their quality of life has the right to attend an ED. For the homeless and disadvantaged, the ED may be the only point through which they can access healthcare after hours.
Emergency departments (EDs) frequently provide healthcare for populations at risk of being incompletely immunised. EDs are not resourced to be primary providers of routine immunisation, but opportunistic immunisations may be given to incompletely immunised patients who have limited access to other immunisation providers.
This document relates to the adequate provision for early access to defibrillation of sudden cardiac arrest within healthcare institutions and in public settings.
P50
This Policy relates to recommended standards of care for older persons in the ED. It has been developed in consultation with and endorsed by the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine. Older persons have the right to high quality, timely, person-centred acute care in the setting that best meets their needs and wishes.
ACEM believes that emergency medicine has important and unique roles and responsibilities in the advancement of public health. Emergency medicine has significant overlays with public health, particularly in three key areas: health protection, health promotion, and Emergency Management and Disaster Response.