ACEM - Standards and Advocacy Library

All who present at an ED receive quality care, regardless of whether they are physically and/or mentally distressed. However, the role of the ED is to assess, stabilise and refer patients to definitive care. It is not an environment for ongoing care of patients with acute mental agitation awaiting admission.

All Policy Roles & Responsibilities in the ED Rostering and Staffing Safety & Quality Standards

V3.0 02 Dec 2022

P67
Policy on Extended role nursing & allied health practitioners working

Extended role nursing and allied health practitioners work with increased clinical autonomy within their scope of practice, however, remain within the ED collaborative model of care. An emergency department collaborative model of care must occur with a framework of ongoing education, training, credentialing, audit and quality improvement.

All Guideline Standards Cultural safety Safety & Quality

V1.0 02 Dec 2022

G832
Guidelines on Case Review Meetings

Learning from clinical cases is an essential part of emergency medicine. Case Review Meetings (CRMs) are an opportunity to develop reflective practice, audit clinical outcomes, learn from incidents, effect change, and learn from excellence in practice.

All Policy Statement loading stretcher time delays Access to Care Prehospital & Retrieval Standards

V3.0 02 Dec 2022

S347
Statement on Ambulance Ramping and Diversion

Both ambulance ramping/off-stretcher delay, and ambulance diversion are detrimental to patient outcomes. ACEM recommends their avoidance, and that the use of KPIs for monitoring interactions between ambulance services and EDs informs system optimisation.

AU Policy Statement Paediatric EM Vulnerable Patients Standards

V3.0 29 Nov 2022

S363
Statement on Health of People Seeking Asylum

ACEM supports the humane and dignified treatment of all refugees and asylum seekers, regardless of how they arrive. It considers offshore and regional processing centres as detrimental to health, particularly mental health. ACEM opposes mandatory detention, especially of children, and calls for an end to offshore detention.

All Access to Care Cultural safety Ethics Standards

V1.0 24 Nov 2022

COR874
Development and Non-Development Definitions

The Development and Non-Development Definitions policy provides definitions to ensure clear distinction between development and non-development activities.

All Access to Care Cultural safety Ethics Standards

V1.0 24 Nov 2022

COR875
Development Principles in Global Emergency Care

The Development Principles in Global Emergency Care policy provides the guiding principles for management and delivery of ACEM's GEC activities.

TAS Safety & Quality Submissions

V1.0 17 Nov 2022

SUB595
Submission on Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill 2022(TAS)

The Tasmanian Faculty Board made a submission to the Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill 2022. The Faculty Board's view is that legislation research terms should be amended to align with other states/territories and that deferred consent be included so people can participate in medical research and clinical trials.

AU Access to Care Clinician Wellbeing Geriatric EM Mental Health Rostering and Staffing Rural Regional & Remote Safety & Quality Vulnerable Patients Workforce Reports

V1.0 09 Nov 2022

State of Emergency 2022

State of Emergency 2022 (SOE22) is ACEM’s inaugural annual report that presents the numbers behind the healthcare crisis. It is concrete data, gathered from across each of Australia’s states and territories during 2020 – 2021, and carefully analysed.

All Clinical Guideline Standards

V2.0 01 Nov 2022

PS09
Guidelines on Sedation for Diagnostic & Interventional Procedures

ACEM has endorsed these Guidelines, developed by ANZCA with contribution by FACEMs. They apply wherever sedation and/or analgesia for diagnostic and interventional medical, dental and surgical procedures is used (excludes longer term management). While there are variations in practice in the ED, the principles of care are applicable.

P41 Access to Care for Patients with Acute Mental & Behavioural Conditions

P67 Policy on Extended role nursing & allied health practitioners working

G832 Guidelines on Case Review Meetings

S347 Statement on Ambulance Ramping and Diversion

S363 Statement on Health of People Seeking Asylum

COR874 Development and Non-Development Definitions

COR875 Development Principles in Global Emergency Care

SUB595 Submission on Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill 2022(TAS)