The overwhelming majority of paediatric patients presenting to emergency departments in Victoria are treated by emergency department clinicians trained in general emergency care, and experience positive outcomes.
The festive season is always the busiest time of year for public hospital emergency departments (EDs), so play it safe to avoid spending your holidays waiting in overcrowded, underfunded and understaffed EDs.
ACEM recommends that at least one FACEM is rostered on-call at night (for annual presentations of approx. 15000). ACEM makes further recommendations on the number of non-FACEM senior decision makers that should be present overnight. ACEM does not support the introduction of night shift rosters for specialist emergency physicians.
ACEM response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s investigations into the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the aged care sector with recommendations on pandemic planning and governance of residential aged care facilities, PPE, transfer, admission and discharge of RACF residents, staffing and discrimination.
ACEM welcomes AHPRA’s single definition of cultural safety developed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. ACEM will review its current policies, standards and other educational material to ensure that the term cultural safety is used appropriately and consistently once the definition is endorsed.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has welcomed the release of the masterplan for the next stages of the ongoing redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital, saying the arrangements bode well for the delivery of high quality emergency health care.
The College congratulates Dr James Taylor who recently received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to emergency medicine and to the community.
The peak bodies for emergency nursing and emergency medicine report that emergency departments across flood-affected regions of New South Wales and Queensland are functioning and encourage people to present for emergency care if needed.