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22 Jul 2021

Standards and Advocacy Library

This library contains all ACEM standards as well as selected submissions made to other organisations, College reports, and other tools.

06 Mar 2018

Joint Guideline for the Transport of Critically Ill Patients

Joint guidance assisting organisations in the development of protocols for the pre-hospital, inter-facility and intra-facility transport (retrieval) of critically ill patients to minimise risk and maximise safety for patients and accompanying multidisciplinary staff.

23 Feb 2022

Emergency Department Ultrasound

Ultrasound is an important tool in Emergency Medicine. This page is a repository for key ACEM ultrasound documents, and links to various ultrasound resources for Clinical Leads in ED Ultrasound, members and trainees.

15 Apr 2020

External Resources (Archived)

COVID-19 related external resources

24 Mar 2020

COVID-19

We acknowledge the COVID-19 situation is evolving, often rapidly. As such, this webpage will be updated regularly to reflect the most current information available. We encourage you to visit this webpage regularly to obtain the latest available COVID-19 information as it relates to College activity

09 Feb 2023

Resources

Helpful College and external COVID-19 resources

07 Mar 2018

Policy on Clinical Handover in the ED

Clinical handover is a high-risk activity for patient safety due to the potential for communication error. The use of a structured tool provides a standardised approach to clinical handover. However, it should not replace clarifying communication around complex and multifaceted presentations.

09 Apr 2021

Guideline on My Health Record in the ED for Clinicians

This guide aims to provide ED clinicians with essential information about the features and capability of My Health Record. Published by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care it is co-badged by ACEM.

10 Feb 2022

Documenting your Activities

A guide has been developed advising the type of evidence that can be uploaded to your MyACEM online record to verify participation in the activities listed on the ACEM Activity guide.

26 Mar 2020

Pandemic Planning

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