Photo Gallery 2012

IAEM becomes IAEM Limited on 7th March 2012

On 7th March 2012 a Business Transfer Agreement was signed transferring the assets, good will and functions of the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine into the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine Limited. The agreement was signed at a special IAEM meeting in Eccles St, Dublin. Some photographs from the event are below:

New Emergency Department for Kerry General Hospital, Tralee

The opening of newest Emergency Department in the country, that at Kerry General Hospital, Tralee took place on Monday 16th April 2012. Below are some photographs taken just before the opening of the department to the public.

Redevelopment work ongoing at Waterford Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department

Redevelopment of the Waterford Regional Hospital site is under way and the project will deliver a significantly enhanced Emergency Department for the South East’s Regional Hospital. Below are some photographs of the work from April 2012.

Minister opens new KGH Emergency Department, 18th May 2012

The new KGH ED was officially opened by the Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD, on Friday 18th May 2012. Photos from the opening ceremony are visible below

Launch of Emergency Medicine Programme by Minister of Health, Dr James Reilly TD

The Report of the National Emergency Medicine Programme was published on 19th June 2012. It was officially launched by the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD in the Albert Lecture Theatre in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on St. Stephen’s Green. Photos from this landmark event for Irish Emergency Medicine are seen below.

New Emergency Department at Letterkenny General Hospital opens on 13th September 2012

The long awiated new Emergency Department at the country’s most northerly hospital, Leterkenny General Hospital opened its doors on 13th September 2012. Some photos of the event are below

Inaugural National Meeting of the Emergency Medicine Student Society, Ireland on 24th September 2012

The Inaugural National Meeting of the Emergency Medicine Student Society, Ireland took place at Trinity College, Dublin on Monday 24th September 2012. Some photographs from the event are below

IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2012, Maynooth, 19th & 20th October 2012

The 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting took place at the Carton House Hotel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare on Friday 19th & Saturday 20th October 2012. A selection of photographs from the event are below.

IAEM Prizegiving

Second Annual Leo Vella Lecture

The 2012 Leo Vella Lecture was given by Mr. Anthony J (Tony) Martin, Retired Consultant in Emergency Medicine at University Hospital, Galway. Tony was the first Consultant in the specialty to have completed the UK Senior Registrar training programme and was appointed in 1988 to what was then called Galway Regional Hospital. He gave a personal perspective on his experience as a Consultant interlaced with pearls of advice for the next generation