In 1975, when retired FACEM Dr Edward Brentnall started work at Box Hill Hospital, emergency medicine was very different than it is today.
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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.
ASEM is gone but won't be forgotten
The Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine (ASEM) achieved a lot in its (more than) 40-year history. Now that it’s gone, one former member hopes the ASEM’s legacy will not be forgotten.
Always pay it forward: Dr Matthew Chu on championing equity
Dr Matthew Chu has a key life philosophy: you should always pass on what you have learned.
You can keep doing what you love: Dr Janet Talbot-Stern
Dr Janet Talbot-Stern’s 40-year career has zig-zagged across the world, and she has no intention of slowing down yet.
Missionaries, mercenaries, and misfits
In 1985, Dr Andrew Walby arrived, in 44-degree heat, at the glorious art deco Mildura Base Hospital to begin a three month rotation in the emergency department.
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.