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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).
Kia ora koutou katoa colleagues
While there is much that can be done to improve the experiences of people who present to emergency departments (ED) with mental health crises, it is also essential that system responses beyond the ED are improved.
ACEM statement on Dr Christopher Kwan Chen Lee
Any workplace, including hospitals, should be safe, and free from the threat of violence.
The peak body for emergency medicine in Australia welcomes the findings in the Auditor-General’s report into the state’s four major hospitals’ emergency departments, saying executive engagement with clinical leaders is critical to improving patient outcomes.
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.
Kia ora koutou katoa colleagues,