Dr Fergal Hickey – HSE holds the solution to ED crowding
Although we are barely a few weeks into the 2016/17 winter, the number of patients on trolleys has passed almost twice the figure that the... Read More
IAEM News 2016
Dr Fergal Hickey – solutions to ED crowding
Although we are barely a few weeks into the 2016/17 winter, the number of patients on trolleys has passed almost twice the figure that... Read More
IAEM launches Annual Scientific Meeting 2016
Registration for the IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 is now live Location Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin Date Thursday 20th October & Friday 21st October 2016 See... Read More
Emergency Department crowding 2016
Dr Fergal Hickey, Communications Officer for the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine, explains the full extent of patient crowding in Irish Emergency Departments for... Read More
ED crowding crisis hits new Summer high
As 359 patients languish on trolleys and wards without access to an acute hospital bed, Dr Fergal Hickey, Communications Officer IAEM, discusses the issue with... Read More
IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016
The IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 will be held in Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin on Thursday 20th October and Friday 21st October 2016. The conference... Read More
Emergency Department Dementia Care Pathway
It is well established that the early signs of dementia are not infrequently missed when a patient presents to hospital with an acute medical presentation.... Read More
Emergency Department ‘Hitlist’ Dr Fergal Hickey reveals the facts
On 10th July 2016 a front-page report in the Sunday Business Post appeared under the heading ‘A&E Hitlist’ The article, based on a leaked Department... Read More
VTE Dublin 2016
Following the success of VTE 2015, the Mater Hospital ED group has asked global experts in venous thromboembolism to speak at VTE Dublin 2016 on September... Read More
Mr Mark Doyle discusses patients that leave Irish Emergency Departments
IAEM President, Mr Mark Doyle, responds to the report carried in the Irish Independent that in 2015 48,000 patients had left Ireland’s Emergency Departments before... Read More
Worsening Emergency Department crisis continues
Dr Fergal Hickey, IAEM Communications Officer, speaks on RTE Six One News on Wednesday 4th April as 522 patients wait on ED trolleys for admission
Dr Fergal Hickey – worsening ED crowding
As new figures show 522 patients awaiting hospital admission for whom there isn’t a hospital bed and as the inability to form a stable government... Read More
Dr Fergal Hickey – Healthcare & homelessness after GE16
Following the general election which saw the public rate healthcare and homelessness as two of the electorate’s most important concerns, Dr Fergal Hickey, Communications Officer,... Read More
Dr John O’ Donnell talks about ED crowding in Galway University Hospital
As INMO Emergency Department nurses at St Vincent’s University Hospital stage another protest against persistent ED crowding and understaffing in their ED, Mary Wilson speaks... Read More
Dr Fergal Hickey discusses ED crowding on RTE Drivetime
As Dublin’s Mater Hospital cancels elective surgery in the face of large numbers of in-patient boarders in its Emergency Department, the son of a patient... Read More
Dr Fergal Hickey on Workplace Relations Commission findings
IAEM Communications Officer, Dr Fergal Hickey, responds to the news that agreement is reached at the Workplace Relations Commission between Emergency Department Nurses represented by... Read More
Dr Peader Gilligan discusses ED crowding in Beaumont Hospital
Following calls by the INMO for the Emergency Department of Beaumont Hospital to go off call following a period of severe crowding with admitted hospital... Read More
Dr Fergal Hickey discusses ED crowding and ED nurses strike
In the face of severe Emergency Department crowding over the early days of January 2016 and an impending series of two-hour work stoppages by ED... Read More
Dr Jim Gray on ED crowding
Dr James Gray, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Tallaght Hospital discusses the implications of the directive by the HSE on ED Crowding requiring specified actions... Read More