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The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) would like to respond to a position and statements attributed to Dr Michael Edmonds and the College published in the Adelaide Advertiser on the 20th of August and syndicated to other publications.
Join the ACEM Paediatric Emergency Medicine Network and explore the rationale behind and potential frameworks for developing stronger point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) capabilities in paediatric emergency medicine (PEM).
All staff in EDs across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in the last 12 months were invited to participate in a survey to examine the adverse impacts of alcohol-related presentations on ED staff and patient safety. The 2022 survey found that alcohol-related presentations continue to have a significant, detrimental impact on EDs.
This is an Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) Joint Venture, that consists of 13 Agencies within NZ, led by Ministry of Justice. Its focus is on eliminating family violence and sexual violence in NZ.
By completing this submission you are declaring that you have uploaded evidential documentation of your minimum CPD Requirements. Your Submission confirms that you are ready for the CPD Unit to prepare your CPD records for a compliance audit.
The purpose of this guideline is to outline items for training providers to consider when engaging and utilising volunteer models and provides a template for information for volunteer patients. The guideline also outlines considerations about workshop participants.
ACEM believes that the clinical support component of practice time for (non-director) FACEMs should be 30% and no less than 25% as measured as a total of the employed hours for each FACEM, irrespective of total hours worked.
Both ambulance ramping/off-stretcher delay, and ambulance diversion are detrimental to patient outcomes. ACEM recommends their avoidance, and that the use of KPIs for monitoring interactions between ambulance services and EDs informs system optimisation.