This document is a position statement of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and relates to the application of restrictive practices in the context of people with an acute behavioural disturbance from any cause.
This Action Plan represents the next phase of the College’s efforts to promote positive culture change within ACEM and more broadly across our emergence departments.
Timely access to community-based healthcare is a fundamental tenet of healthcare in Australia. ACEM supports any successful initiatives that improve access to primary healthcare.
This document is a position statement of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) and relates to health and human rights. It is applicable to all ACEM members and represents a standard for our membership to uphold and maintain.
A community of practice to support ACEM in its role as a lead organisation in sustainable EM, system transformation, community advocacy, and preparedness for health impacts due to climate change and biodiversity loss.
ACEM suggesting that government and private health insurers communicate patient options for care choices, to provide materials clearly articulating services covered and the costs, both in public and private hospital settings. Support for the proposals to provide information to the PHI ombudsman website and for an awareness campaign.
Confirming support for patient care that includes research as a fundamental component of ED activity and for patient rights regardless of the size of the hospital. The imposition of blanket accreditation could be detrimental to clinical trial-based research in emergency departments.