IAEM-Irish Association for Emergency Medicine

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...

IAEM celebrates landmark event for Emergency Nursing

14 Oct 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

IAEM welcomes Irish EM input into the important HALT-IT international medical trial

24 Jun 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

IAEM releases a series of recommendations to optimise patient care in the COVID-19 and post-COVID era

08 Jun 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

IAEM expresses serious concerns for patient and staff health as Emergency Department crowding returns

28 May 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

Emergency nurses and doctors warn against return to overcrowding

18 May 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

Resetting Care in Ireland’s Emergency Departments as a result of COVID-19

12 May 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

Association warns the public of the need for genuine caution during CoVid19 pandemic

28 Mar 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

The current CoVid19 impact on Emergency Departments

20 Mar 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

CoVid19, Emergency Medicine & Emergency Departments

17 Mar 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

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...

Emergency Medicine General Election Manifesto 2020

28 Jan 2020

Claire Briant

Press Release 2020

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine is a Registered Charity and is the expert representative body for the Medical Specialty of Emergency Medicine. It seeks...

IAEM Press Releases 2020

IAEM reflects on a very successful virtual Annual Scientific Meeting

IAEM celebrates landmark event for Emergency Nursing

IAEM welcomes Irish EM input into the important HALT-IT international medical trial

IAEM releases a series of recommendations to optimise patient care in the COVID-19 and post-COVID era

IAEM expresses serious concerns for patient and staff health as Emergency Department crowding returns

Emergency nurses and doctors warn against return to overcrowding

Resetting Care in Ireland’s Emergency Departments as a result of COVID-19

Association warns the public of the need for genuine caution during CoVid19 pandemic

The current CoVid19 impact on Emergency Departments

CoVid19, Emergency Medicine & Emergency Departments

Emergency Medicine General Election Manifesto 2020

Recent IAEM Press Releases