ACEM - Standards and Advocacy Library

This document outlines the standards that apply to every emergency medicine consultation. An emergency medicine consultation is a complex, structured process of significantly variable length, depending on patient complexity. The consultation should maximise patient benefit, while minimising delay and inefficiency in the patient journey.

All Policy Access to Care EM Classification Triage Standards

V5.0 01 Nov 2023

P06
Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale

The Australasian Triage Scale (ATS) is designed for use in emergency department settings throughout Australia and New Zealand. The role of the ATS is as a clinical tool for ensuring that patients are seen in a timely manner, commensurate with their clinical urgency. The ATS should only be used to describe urgency.

All Policy Statement Access to Care Prehospital & Retrieval Rural Regional & Remote Standards

V5.0 01 Nov 2023

S27
Statement on Rural Emergency Medicine

ACEM believes that everyone has the right to timely, safe and quality emergency care and is committed to advocating for improved service planning and development across hospital, community health services, community and cultural organisations in rural areas. ACEM defines a number of principles for achieving this outcome.

All Policy Statement ED Design EM Classification Rural Regional & Remote Triage Standards

V6.0 01 Nov 2023

S12
Statement on Role Delineation in Emergency Departments

This framework for grouping EDs with other hospital-based Emergency Care Centres, based on level of service provision, aligns with the ACEM Quality Standards. A division into six levels of service aligns with the six-level capability frameworks used by Australasian jurisdictions for most areas of acute care.

All Guideline Policy Access to Care Triage Standards

V6.0 01 Nov 2023

G24
Implementation of the Australian Triage Scale in Emergency Departments

This guideline details the clinical descriptors for each of the five ATS categories, and describes the overarching principles and minimum standards for the implementation of the ATS.

Guideline Policy Clinician Wellbeing Leadership Rostering and Staffing Workforce Standards

V3.0 01 Nov 2023

G23
Constructing a Sustainable ED Medical Workforce

Demand for ED care is increasing in terms of patient numbers, complexity/severity of presenting conditions, and community/government expectation. This document provides a framework for establishing and maintaining an ED medical workforce, outlining how health services should plan appropriate and sustainable staffing models.

NSW Access to Care Rural Regional & Remote Workforce Submissions

21 Sep 2023

SUB635
NSW Inquiry into RRR Health Equity

Submission to NSW Parliamentary Select Committee to provide comment on the progress and issues relating to workforce issues, workplace culture and funding for RRR health services and programs.

Rostering and Staffing Workforce Reports

V1.0 18 Sep 2023

2022 Annual Site Census Part Two

All 148 ACEM-accredited EDs are mandated to complete the Annual Site Census, 147 participated. This report presents findings from the 2022 Annual Site Census, in particular ED resources, broader hospital services, and workplace safety.

Cultural safety Rostering and Staffing Rural Regional & Remote Reports

V1.0 04 Sep 2023

2022 Annual Site Census Part One

All ACEM-accredited EDs are mandated to complete the Annual Site Census, 147 participated. This report presents findings from the 2022 Annual Site Census, in particular ED staffing, ED activity and cultural safety aspects.

Public Health & Prevention Submissions

V1.0 31 Aug 2023

SUB636
Submission – Inquiry into Diabetes in Australia

ACEM's submission to the Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee for the national diabetes inquiry.

P55 Policy on EM Consultation Standards of Care

P06 Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale

S27 Statement on Rural Emergency Medicine

S12 Statement on Role Delineation in Emergency Departments

G24 Implementation of the Australian Triage Scale in Emergency Departments

G23 Constructing a Sustainable ED Medical Workforce

SUB635 NSW Inquiry into RRR Health Equity