ACEM - Standards and Advocacy Library

Ultrasound examination, interpretation and clinical correlation should be available in a timely manner 24 hours a day for ED patients, undertaken by emergency physicians who possess appropriate training and hands-on experience. ACEM encourages all emergency physicians to be competent in at least the ‘core’ areas of emergency ultrasound.

NZ Ethics Submissions

V1.0 19 Jun 2019

SUB419
Statement on Information, Choice of Treatment and Informed Consent

Suggested inclusions in NZ around consent from patients, or their representatives, in emergency care for high-acuity and life-saving intervention, where not providing care immediately, may result in death or permanent disability. Interventions should be performed in good faith, according to guidelines and in the patient’s best interests.

WA Safety & Quality Submissions

V1.0 14 Jun 2019

SUB414
Health and Medical Research and Innovation Discussion Paper

Submission to Western Australia Health and Medical Research and Innovation Strategy. Focus is on key issues within emergency medicine that would benefit from additional investment via research, innovation and suggestions for policy and legislative changes to enable leading clinical and translational research in emergency medicine.

All ACEM Research Clinician Wellbeing Rostering and Staffing Workforce Reports

V1.0 01 Jun 2019

2018 ED Trainee Placement Survey Findings

ACEM is committed to monitoring and evaluating the FACEM Training Program. This report presents the findings from the 2018 ED Trainee Placement Survey, which captures the perspectives of FACEM Trainees on how their site is meeting their needs and providing a safe and supportive training environment.

All ACEM Research Clinician Wellbeing Rostering and Staffing Workforce Reports

V1.0 01 Jun 2019

2018 DEMT Survey

ACEM is committed to monitoring and evaluating the FACEM Training Program. This report presents the findings from the 2018 DEMT Survey, which captures information on how their site is providing a safe and supportive training environment and identifies areas where ACEM can better support them in their role.

VIC Rural Regional & Remote Submissions

V1.0 28 May 2019

SUB417
Capability framework - Rural Victoria: Urgent Care, Emergency & Trauma

ACEM supportive of the work but expressed concern with the proposed capability framework for rural Victoria and could not endorse the draft. Further work was needed on issues such as the clinical workforce, minimum staffing levels, standards of care around disposition/discharge and models of care for short stay and mental health units.

All Cultural safety Submissions

V1.0 24 May 2019

SUB416
Submission to AHPRA Consultation on the Definition of Cultural Safety

ACEM welcomes AHPRA’s single definition of cultural safety developed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. ACEM will review its current policies, standards and other educational material to ensure that the term cultural safety is used appropriately and consistently once the definition is endorsed.

All Mental Health Submissions

V1.0 13 May 2019

SUB408
The Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health

ACEM recommendations for the Government to commit to reforms that deliver timely access to appropriate mental health care with a focus on after-hour care in the community. Recommendations for all mental health stakeholders to work together to support prevention, early intervention and better management of mental health needs for patients.

NSW Public Health & Prevention Submissions

V1.0 07 May 2019

SUB413
Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug 'Ice'

Three recommendations to the New South Wales Inquiry into the drug ‘ICE’. These being to strengthen existing data to inform policy development and service planning; increased funding and resourcing of emergency departments to manage high acuity presentations, and reframing public discourse and policy framework as a public health issue.

All Access to Care Mental Health Vulnerable Patients Reports

V1.0 01 May 2019

Mental Health Service Use: A New Zealand Context

Patients with acute mental and behavioural conditions disproportionately experience unacceptably long waits in the ED for inpatient mental health care following admission to hospital and in New Zealand there has been a steady increase in the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services.

P21 Policy on the Use of Focussed Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine

SUB419 Statement on Information, Choice of Treatment and Informed Consent

SUB414 Health and Medical Research and Innovation Discussion Paper

2018 ED Trainee Placement Survey Findings

2018 DEMT Survey

SUB417 Capability framework - Rural Victoria: Urgent Care, Emergency & Trauma

SUB416 Submission to AHPRA Consultation on the Definition of Cultural Safety

SUB408 The Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health

SUB413 Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug 'Ice'