ACEM - Standards and Advocacy Library

ACEM feedback on the South Australian Consultation on the draft consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care (Restrictive Practices) Amendment Bill 2020. ACEM were supportive but suggested improvements around restrictive practices, proposed safeguards, consent, handover, training and implementation and role designation.

NZ Cultural safety Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 11 Sep 2020

SUB455
He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework

ACEM supports for the draft outcomes framework and approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing. It believes that all New Zealanders have the right to access mental health care that is mana-enhancing, and free from stigma and discrimination. This must apply in all mental health care settings.

All Imaging & Testing Standards

V2.0 01 Sep 2020

COR742
Guideline for the Provision of ED Focused Ultrasound Training

This guideline provides guidance to EDs on quality ultrasound training/services. This includes how to: provide the resources, personnel and infrastructure needed to ensure a safe environment for to perform ultrasound; implement a peer review process with image archiving and logbook maintenance; integrate scans with medical records.

All Cultural safety Vulnerable Patients Standards

V1.0 01 Sep 2020

S785
Statement on Indigenous Liaison Officers and Interpreters in Aus EDs

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.

All Clinical Guideline Safety & Quality Submissions

V1.0 24 Aug 2020

SUB 456
Choosing Wisely: Pharmacy Recommendations August 2020

ACEM confirmed support for the Choosing Wisely Pharmacy Recommendations with comments around in-pharmacy opportunistic diagnostic testing, the process around dispensing of regular opioids and additional guidance and training for pharmacists or other healthcare professionals regarding the use of complementary and alternative medicines.

All ACEM Research Clinician Wellbeing Rostering and Staffing Workforce Reports

V1.0 01 Aug 2020

2019 Annual Site Census Report

Understanding how and where our emergency medicine workforce is working and the issues they face, including increasing patient demand is important to ACEM and workforce planning.

All Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 29 Jul 2020

SUB451
Consultation Paper - Service Model for Adult Mental Health Centres

ACEM confirmed broad support for the Commonwealth Government Commonwealth Department of Health Potential Service Model for Adult Mental Health Centres. Clear communication strategies should be developed that help consumers, carers and referrers have a clear understanding of where to go when experiencing a mental health crisis.

VIC Safety & Quality Vulnerable Patients Submissions

V1.0 09 Jul 2020

SUB450
Better Access to Naloxone and Sterile Injecting Equipment

ACEM recommendations to the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed reforms to supply settings for naloxone and sterile injecting equipment. ACEM believes the criminalisation of drug use adds to the harms experienced by people who use drugs and do not support the introduction of a new offence for on-selling.

All Cultural safety Public Health & Prevention Safety & Quality Triage Submissions

V1.0 03 Jul 2020

SUB449
National Injury Prevention 2020 - 2030

ACEM is supportive of the National Injury Prevention Strategy with recommendations to promote further research to inform best practice and culturally appropriate interventions. There is a need for cohesive relationships between EDs, transport, and infrastructure are all essential in reducing the burden of injury from road trauma.

All Policy Statement Public Health & Prevention Standards

V1.0 01 Jul 2020

S769
Statement on Harm Minimisation Related to Drug Use

ACEM supports evidence-based approaches to harm minimisation. Harm minimisation is a multipronged approach to drug use through harm reduction (reducing risk behaviours or creating safer settings), demand reduction (preventing uptake or providing appropriate treatment) and supply reduction (regulation and reducing production and supply).

SUB452 Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Restrictive Practices Bill 2020

SUB455 He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework

COR742 Guideline for the Provision of ED Focused Ultrasound Training

S785 Statement on Indigenous Liaison Officers and Interpreters in Aus EDs

SUB 456 Choosing Wisely: Pharmacy Recommendations August 2020

2019 Annual Site Census Report

SUB451 Consultation Paper - Service Model for Adult Mental Health Centres

SUB450 Better Access to Naloxone and Sterile Injecting Equipment

SUB449 National Injury Prevention 2020 - 2030

S769 Statement on Harm Minimisation Related to Drug Use

SUB452
Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Restrictive Practices Bill 2020