IAEM reflects on a very successful virtual Annual Scientific Meeting
Saturday 10th October 2020 saw the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine hosting its Annual Scientific Meeting virtually. This one-day truncated version of the normal two-day... Read More
IAEM celebrates landmark event for Emergency Nursing
Tomorrow (15th October), a webinar hosted by the national Emergency Medicine Programme (EMP) will celebrate 50 years since the first post-graduate certificate course in Emergency... Read More
IAEM welcomes Irish EM input into the important HALT-IT international medical trial
The Association is strongly of the view that as much of the practice of medicine (and particularly our specialty, Emergency Medicine) should be as evidenced-based... Read More
IAEM releases a series of recommendations to optimise patient care in the COVID-19 and post-COVID era
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has issued a series of recommendations as to how Emergency Department (ED) care should be provided in the phase... Read More
IAEM expresses serious concerns for patient and staff health as Emergency Department crowding returns
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions the number of patients attending Ireland’s Emergency Departments (EDs) fell significantly, as did the number of admissions... Read More
Emergency nurses and doctors warn against return to overcrowding
Emergency departments and hospitals must not return to overcrowding in the coming weeks, emergency nurses and doctors have said. The warning came as part of... Read More
Resetting Care in Ireland’s Emergency Departments as a result of COVID-19
COVID-19 has brought significant disruption to the way medical care is delivered across all areas of clinical practice including Emergency Medicine (EM). Change has occurred... Read More
Association warns the public of the need for genuine caution during CoVid19 pandemic
While the number of cases of CoVid19 requiring hospital admission is steadily climbing, thankfully the healthcare system has yet to encounter the numbers of acutely... Read More
The current CoVid19 impact on Emergency Departments
This week has seen the continuation of on-going intensive and detailed inter-agency working, co-operation and contingency planning throughout Ireland to manage the spread of CoVid... Read More
CoVid19, Emergency Medicine & Emergency Departments
While facing the undeniable challenge of the COVID19 pandemic, we can reassure the Irish public that Consultants in Emergency Medicine, doctors training to be Consultants in Emergency... Read More