FACEM Dr David Green is looking forward to ‘towing a boat around Australia’ in retirement after nearly four decades as ED Director at Gold Coast University Hospital.
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The power of life-saving knowledge
When Dr Olufemi Onikola passed a serious car accident on his way home, the new skills he had just learned at an Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) session helped save the patient’s life.
Ultrasound in the ED
Progress PoCUS workshops support trainees and FACEMs who are pursuing ACEM’s training and recommended ultrasound credentialing pathway to use point of care ultrasound in the ED.
Challenge accepted: a better emergency medicine future
The 2024 ACEM Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) conference was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from Sunday 24 November to Thursday 28 November.
Why equity and inclusion matter
The Equity and Inclusion session delivered at ACEM’s recent Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Adelaide in November explored how greater inclusivity and understanding benefits workplace culture and patient outcomes in emergency departments.
Traumatology Talks: Continuing the conversation
The national Traumatology Talks Working Group within ACEM is exploring how social emergency care can be integrated into emergency medicine in Australia and what all emergency medical professionals can do to help improve the care of Indigenous patients.
EMET improves regional, rural and remote patient care
ACEM’s Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) provides education, training and supervision to doctors and other health professionals who are not specifically trained in emergency medical care – but it relies on funding to keep going.
How collecting stories of the past helps us appreciate the present
Retired FACEM Dr David Taylor generously donated his collection of antique medical instruments and equipment to ACEM in 2019 – and each item in the display cabinet tells its own special story.
Sharing knowledge, friendship and support at the 2024 Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference
The inaugural Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference 2024 celebrated the innovation that underpins the ways emergency medicine and health care professionals work together to heal communities.
Premier's Award win a “wonderful recognition of the value of partnership”
Receiving a Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research for outstanding PhD research is a celebration of collaboration, says emergency physician FACEM Dr Rob Mitchell.
Beyond Wellness Week: “Improving our culture from the ground up and the top down”
“My greater goal is to use Wellness Week as a platform to create networks to support more sustainable wellness activity that helps everyone feel better and perform better,” says FACEM Dr Bishan Rajapakse as he and Dr Alison Robinson share what their ED teams are doing for Wellness Week – and beyond.
How FACEMs are leading ACEM Wellness Week in EDs
“Keeping people healthy is our job – but we must take the time to do it for ourselves too,” says Dr Rajesh Sehdev, as he and Dr Ina Schapiro share how they help drive wellness initiatives in their emergency departments.
FACEMs lead project to demystify psychoactive substances
Professor Daniel Fatovich and Dr Jessamine Soderstrom discuss the decades-long journey towards creating a national register for new and novel psychoactive substances.
It gave us an identity: The story of the ACEM logo
Dr Bryan Walpole and Dr David Eddey reflect on designing the ACEM logo and the symbolic impact it had on legitimising the burgeoning field of emergency medicine.