IAEM welcomes publication of Major Trauma Audit National Report 2014 – 2015
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has long advocated for significant improvements to be made to the way that major trauma care is delivered in... Read More
IAEM Press Release noting yet more dysfunctional HSE responses to worsening ED crowding
It has long been established that Ireland is seriously short of acute hospital beds. Equally, too many of these beds are occupied by patients who... Read More
2016 Annual Scientific Meeting promises to be the best ever
Next week’s Irish Association for Emergency Medicine’s 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting has a particular focus on the care of the older patient and is set... Read More
ED crowding continues to cost lives and create misery
On the day of Budget 2017 a total of 438 patients languished on trolleys in Ireland’s Acute Hospitals, 352 of these in the country’s 29... Read More
Association looks forward to its 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine holds its 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting and AGM at the Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin on 20th and 21st October... Read More
IAEM Press Release expressing disappointment in HSE 2016/17 Winter Initiative
While the Association welcomes any move to address ED crowding caused by the practice of lodging admitted hospital inpatients in the ED, the HSE Winter... Read More
IAEM press release warning of dangers of avoiding dealing with the health service capacity problem
This week we learned that the National Neurosurgical Unit at Beaumont Hospital is unable to meet the demand for urgent surgery for patients with malignant... Read More
IAEM welcomes launch of National Ambulance Patient Handover Protocol
The vast majority of the sickest patients who attend Emergency Departments (EDs) around Ireland are brought there by ambulance. It has long been recognised that... Read More
IAEM welcomes the launch of the Irish Children’s Triage System (ICTS) as a major milestone for Irish Emergency Medicine and Nursing
Thursday 16th June 2016 sees the launch of the Irish Children’s Triage System by the National Emergency Medicine Programme at the Royal College of Surgeons... Read More
IAEM advice on prevention of child trampoline injuries
Garden Trampolines are a popular piece of recreational apparatus in Ireland and their use has become a means of ensuring that children have fun but... Read More