‘Spiking’ incidents & advice for the public
There has been extensive media coverage about incidents of ‘spiking’ where members of the public feel they have been injured with a sharp implement such... Read More
IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 – Abstract submission deadline extended
The IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 will be held exclusively online Thursday 14-Friday 15 October with the theme of ‘Reset. Innovate. Rejuvenate.’ The abstract submission... Read More
Failure to address capacity problems continues to cause severe pressure on Emergency Departments
Over the past year it has been clearly demonstrated that the HSE is capable of enormous effort to set up new services and bring them... Read More
Launch of Developing Emergency Medicine in Ireland – Strategic Objectives for the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2019 and decided it needed a document to outline its strategic direction for the... Read More
Developing Emergency Medicine in Ireland launch
On Wednesday 7th July IAEM will hold a lunchtime launch of ‘Developing Emergency Medicine in Ireland’ at 13.00. The launch will be streamed via this... Read More
Ireland’s Emergency Departments seeing record numbers of patients while cyberattack impact continues
Many of Ireland’s 28 Emergency Departments (EDs) have seen record daily numbers of patients in the past few weeks which has resulted in severe congestion... Read More
Continuing serious impact of cyberattack on Ireland’s Emergency Departments
Ireland’s 28 Emergency Departments (EDs) and 11 Injury Units remain open but the EDs in the majority of HSE hospitals (which are the statutory rather... Read More
Ongoing serious impact of cyberattack on HSE on Ireland’s Emergency Departments
While Ireland’s 28 Emergency Departments (EDs) and 11 Injury Units remain open, and its vitally important that this is understood, all have been very seriously... Read More
Significant Day for Paediatric Emergency Medicine in Ireland Acknowledged
Today saw the launch of two important documents dealing with different aspects of Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM). Both documents involved significant updates to work which... Read More
IAEM welcomes long-awaited announcement of location of Major Trauma Centre and Trauma Units for Dublin
For over a decade the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has publicly advocated for a major reorganisation of trauma care in Ireland so as to... Read More