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09 Sep 2024

Moodle Platform Upgrade

Updated: 15 Nov 2024

ACEM is upgrading Moodle, which facilitates the Educational Resources site. While this upgrade primarily enhances the security and long-term maintainability of the platform, there will also be improvements to functionality. This page will be updated regularly to keep you informed of the progress.

09 Oct 2024

Kete One: Whakapapa – History

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini.
Success is not the work of one but of many.

30 Jan 2023

A message to members and trainees following flooding in Aotearoa NZ

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (the College; ACEM) acknowledges the recent severe flooding and heavy rainfall which has impacted Auckland, its surrounds, and the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.

20 May 2021

“Hands off” approach to collapsed lung wins 2021’s best clinical trial

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) is pleased to announce that a FACEM-led trial has been named as a joint winner of the 2021 ACTA Trial of the Year Award for a landmark study that showed that a ‘hands off’ approach is best to treat a collapsed lung.

31 Jul 2025

Reports confirm EDs relied on to fill mental health service gaps

Two new national reports confirm what emergency physicians already know: Australia’s mental health system is not meeting community needs, meaning already overwhelmed and under-resourced emergency departments (EDs) are increasingly being called upon to fill service gaps.

28 Apr 2020

ACEM Joint Statement with Tumu Whakarae & Te ORA

COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting Māori Patients and Whānau in Hospital Emergency Departments Australasian College for Emergency Medicine | Tumu Whakarae | Te Ora Rata o Aotearoa

01 Feb 2023

ACEM welcomes the new Aotearoa New Zealand Minister of Health

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes Aotearoa New Zealand’s new Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr Ayesha Verrall, and looks forward to working with her and other healthcare stakeholders at a time when the country’s healthcare system remains under significant pressure.

28 Jun 2021

Keeping the National Law Up to Date and Fit for Purpose

ACEM support for inclusion of cultural safety to the Objectives of the National Law for quality and safe health care in line with the traditions and needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Calling on the COAG Health Council to engage with stakeholders (particularly Reconciliation Australia) to develop and agree wording.

10 Jun 2022

Response to misleading comments published in the New Zealand Herald

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) wishes to respond to misleading comments attributed to Health Minister Andrew Little and published in the New Zealand Herald on the 10th of June 2022.

30 Jun 2022

Health system must collaborate to fix systemic causes of ramping

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) welcomes the release of a recent study on the health impacts of ambulance ramping and urges all parts of the health system to now collaborate on solutions for the dangerous systemic issues that cause ramping and emergency department overcrowding.