IAEM-Irish Association for Emergency Medicine

The pictures of the devastation wreaked, particularly on the South, East and West of the country, give some indication of the difficulties frontline staff who...

IAEM looks forward to another excellent Annual Scientific Meeting

17 Oct 2017

The 2017 IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting will take place at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th October with the Annual...

IAEM celebrates Golden Jubilee of organised Emergency Medicine in the UK and Ireland

10 Oct 2017

12th October 2017 is the 50th Anniversary of the inaugural meeting of the Casualty Surgeons Association (CSA). Up to that time services provided in Casualty...

Emergency Department Overcrowding: Department of Health and HSE inertia continues to cause unnecessary patient deaths

06 Oct 2017

The news that there were 516 patients on trolleys when the INMO daily Trolleywatch returns were published on the morning of 4th October 2017 (representing...

IAEM offers its support to the “European Day without a Road Death” campaign

20 Sep 2017

Tomorrow, 21st September 2017, has been designated the second “European Day without a Road Death”. This campaign (referred to as Project EDWARD) is an initiative...

IAEM supports full enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill as an important first step to safer alcohol consumption practices

20 Sep 2017

Those working in Emergency Departments (EDs) in Ireland witness at first hand the devastation caused to people’s lives through alcohol misuse. This misuse manifests in...

IAEM expresses concern about ED doctor shortages as a result of HSE’s Locum Directive

04 Sep 2017

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine is very seriously concerned that a number of Emergency Departments (EDs) around the country have been left very short...

IAEM questions Government and HSE commitment as new Trolley Records set

11 Aug 2017

IAEM questions Government and HSE commitment as new Trolley Records set The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine questions the commitment of the government and the...

IAEM welcomes the report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare

01 Jun 2017

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine warmly welcomes this week’s publication of the Sláintecare Report. This report, of the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of...

Health Service Trolley dysfunctionality is spreading to other sectors!

31 May 2017

Last week’s news that homeless families were being directed to Garda Stations to be “accommodated” is yet another disappointing marker of the Irish state’s inability...

Groundhog Day again for patients languishing on trolleys

09 Feb 2017

Many will be familiar with the film Groundhog Day which describes an arrogant weatherman assigned to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in rural Pennsylvania...

Press Release No end in sight to ED Crowding

16 Jan 2017