ASEM
The Society was established in 1981 by practitioners who foresaw the emergence of the specialty of emergency medicine and the future implications for the care of acutely ill patients attending hospital “casualty departments”. From those beginnings emerged the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, formally incorporated in 1984. The Society continues to provide a forum for discussion and debate on issues of relevance to emergency medicine.
We are progressively adding to this site, if the information you are after is not on the website, please contact ASEM on the details to the right of screen.
12th Annual Pan Europe Pacific Medical & Legal Conference
5th - 12th of February 2012
The Conference is to be held in Paris, France
Conference sessions will run a disciplined 4 hours each day generally starting early to late afternoon giving you ample time to explore the city and its surrounds.
Here is the list of speakers from the last Paris conference held in 2010 – the final agenda for 2012 will be settled in closer to the conference date:
Dr Paul Nisselle - Senior Medical Education Consultant - The Medical Protection Society, London - “Open disclosure after adverse events – does it promote or prevent litigation?”
Representative of the legal department of the OECD
Dr Piero Giorgi, Professor of Philosophy, University of Bologna, anatomist and expert on medical history - “Certain aspects of medical ethics”
Dr Marcus Kennedy - Director Emergency Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital “Defining Responsibility for Care at Clinical Interfaces”
Arlene MacDonald, Barrister-at-Law, specialising in Tax, Trusts & Administrative Law –
“An Update on the Family Court Trust Busting” (including an examination of the recent High Court case of Spry)
Jennier Rice, Senior Associate of Thynne & Macartney Lawyers - “Relationship Breakdowns the positive side”.
We have contact with a number of legal practitioners who practise international commercial law in Paris and in 2012, two of them will give a lecture on various aspects of their practice.)
For a conference fact sheet please click here
OR
Email:
info@educationcpe.com
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) 18th Annual Scientific Assembly
8th - 10th 2012
The Assembly is to be held at Hotel Del Corondo, San Diego, CA, United States
For further information please visit www.aaem.org
New Non Specialist EM qualifications
Multiple learned Colleges, Universities and Professional Associations now offer certificate or diploma qualifications for non specialists working in Emergency Medicine.
Such qualifications may in the future become minimum standard entry points for senior (non specialist EM physician) appointments in Australian Hospitals.
For further information please see EM Courses & Non Specialist Diplomas
Emergency Life Support Course (ELS)
Course Overview
A 2-day course teaching a systematic approach to the emergency management of any seriously ill patient. The course consists of an intensive program of lectures, skill stations, and interactive group discussions.
Each course is limited to 21 participants.
There are 8 skill stations with 3 participants per instructor.
For more information about ELS and course dates please click here
Emergency Medicine Crisis Management Course 2011
EMCM is a 2 day training course, developed and run by specialists in Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesia, which prepares doctors to manage serious acute problems in the ED.
March 22nd - 23rd
May 3rd - 4th
June 28th - 29th
July 26th - 27th
August 30th - 31st
29th - 30th November
Further information is available at www.scssc.edu.au
Enquiries
Tel: (02) 9926 4646
Fax: (02) 9926 6755
Email:
smsc@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Clinical Emergency Management Program
Registrations now open for 2012 Clinical Emergency Management Program workshops!
Special offers
Save 10% on your Advanced workshop registration fee if you register for both CEMP Intermediate and Advanced workshops
Save 10% on your Advanced workshop registration fee if you are a past CEMP participant
Clinical Emergency Management Program Intermediate workshop
40 Category 1 QI&CPD points
The highly interactive CEMP Intermediate workshop focuses on recognition and management of medical emergencies in general practice, including acute coronary syndrome, acute asthma and anaphylaxis, skills in organisational leadership, including effective communication and team management, management of scene safety, competence in airway management, effective ventilation technique and effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This workshop is facilitated by a national team of highly trained intensive care paramedics and include CPR practice and assessment, which meets the 2011-2013 triennium Basic CPR course requirement. It also meets the basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) training requirements for general practice registrars and RACGP Fellowship.
Skills exposure:
Review of basic airway management
Automated external defibrillator
Guedel’s airway
Nasal pharyngeal airway
Bag valve mask
Cervical collar
Triple airway manoeuvre
Testimonials from past participants:
‘This was the best course I have ever done. I have been away working as a 24 hour doctor on call and in the last 17 days have used every skill I learned in the workshop!’
‘This workshop teaches a logical systematic approach to managing general and complicated emergencies including coordinated teamwork.’
Clinical Emergency Management Program Advanced workshop
80 Category 1 QI&CPD points
The highly interactive two day Advanced workshop focuses on the management of life threatening adult trauma and paediatric emergencies within the first 30 minutes of an emergency.
Content includes advanced airway management in critically injured adult and paediatric trauma patients, effective systematic approach to the assessment of the adult and paediatric trauma patient and management of the adult trauma and critically ill or injured paediatric patient, utilising local trauma guidelines and systems. This workshop is facilitated by a national team of highly trained intensive care paramedics.
To view the eligibility criteria, please click here.
Skills exposure
Airway
Trauma
Review of basic airway management
Spinal immobilisation
Gastric tubes
Pelvic immobilisation
Endotracheal intubation (ETT)
Needle decompression of tension pneumothorax
Emergency surgical airway
Nasal pharyngeal airways
Intraosseous infusion
Laryngeal mask airway (LMA)
Difficult airway management sequence
Testimonials from past participants:
‘All medical educators were very supportive; allowed us to learn actively in a nonthreatening relaxed environment – Great!’
‘This workshop offers a systematic approach to treating the sick child – many thanks, much more confident now’.
2012 Intermediate and Advanced CEMP workshops
Click here to view all workshop dates for 2012
Training grants:
GPs may be eligible to obtain a grant of $2000 per day under the Rural Procedural Grants Program or the Rural Locum Education Assistance Program. For further information, visit www.racgp.org.au/rural/traininggrants or telephone Pauline Curtis, National Rural Faculty on 1800 636 764.
Further information:
For further information regarding the CEMP Intermediate and Advanced workshops, calendars, fees or to download registration forms, please visit www.racgp.org.au/cem, email: gpeducation@racgp.org.au or freecall 1800 284 732.
Register now!
Website: www.racgp.org.au/cem (download registration form)
Freecall: 1800 284 732 (telephone registrations welcome)
Below are some new links added that may be of interest. To view more links available please click here
National Blood Authority
The National Blood Authority (NBA) is an Australian Government statutory agency, established under the National Blood Authority Act 2003 to improve and enhance the management of the Australian blood and plasma product sector at a national level. The NBA represents the interests of the Australian, state and territory governments, and sits within the Australian Government’s Health and Ageing portfolio.
www.nba.gov.au
Hospitals fall far short on beds
An Article of interest published in The Age on December 12, 2010.
Please click on the link below to view the entire article:
Hospitals fall far short on beds
Life In The Fastlane
This Medical Blog was born out of passionate (and usually unresolved) debate pertaining to the elements of eLearning; clinical cases; ECG interpretation; medical education; toxicology; medical history and information sharing strategies in the open source era.
www.lifeinthefastlane.com/
Federal Government Grants for Rural Emergency Medicine Doctors
The Federal Government has recently announced an increase in funding for procedural GPs in rural areas (RRMA 3-7) to access ongoing training and skills maintenance in emergency medicine under the "Strengthening Medicare" Program. This can include travel costs, locum relief and associated expenses. The maximum amount is $2000 per day for 3 days. To be eligible, GPs must provide evidence they providing emergency medicine services to a 24 hour emergency department or similar facility.
Funding is also available for skills maintenance in obstetrics, anaesthetics and surgery.
Further information is available from:
ACRRM or RACGP
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Epworth Healthcare Group
"Australia's largest private hospital is a proud sponsor of ASEM"
www.epworth.org.au
ASEM
PO Box 627
Noble Park
VIC
3174
Tel: (03) 9701 5675
Fax: (03) 9701 5811
Email:
info@asem.org.au
ABN: 64 231 328 255
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