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Welcome to the first issue of Your ED, ACEM’s new quarterly magazine. We are thrilled to present this edition, filled with stories from emergency departments across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and the world.
The purpose of this Statement is to specifically advocate for the increased recruitment of Indigenous Health Liaison Officers/Aboriginal Liaison Officers (IHLOs/ALOs) and Australian Indigenous Language Interpreters to emergency departments in Australia. ACEM recognises that these professions are not represented by a peak body.
ACEM’s When Care Meets Conflict report reveals the prevalence of ongoing violence in emergency departments (EDs) across Aotearoa New Zealand and provides recommendations at government and hospital level to address this significant problem.
This document relates to credentialing for emergency medicine ultrasonography in emergency departments. This policy details the credentialing process that ACEM recommends for emergency physicians who wish to perform focused emergency medicine ultrasound on resuscitation and trauma patients and for procedural guidance.
All hospitals and health services should have a pandemic plan, which includes all aspects of the health service including emergency departments (EDs) and critical care areas. Pandemics require whole-of-hospital and whole-of-healthcare responses with integration of ED plans into both of these. Last updated: 10 November 2021
Retired Fellow Eve Merfield shares her passion for emergency medicine and staged approach to a fulfilling retirement.
ACEM's vision is that Australasian emergency departments deliver quality, acute healthcare that is culturally safe, resulting in health equity for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Peoples.
ACEM President Dr Simon Judkins has joined the presidents of 10 other medical colleges as a co-signatory to the following statement calling on the Australian Parliament to maintain Medevac law.
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) has declared climate change a medical emergency during the final day of its Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Hobart.
This policy relates to the performance of forensic medical examinations and the collection of forensic tissue samples within emergency departments (EDs). The policy is applicable to EDs in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. This is version three of the policy.