Emergency Medicine in Australia.
What is the most common presentation to Emergency Departments?
Tempting to choose Did Not Wait.
In 2021-2022 what percentage of patients arriving in Australian Emergency Departments were Cat 5 (Non urgent)?
The presentations of "Non urgent" patients vary during the 24hr period with the highest being during the middle of the day (just over 20%).
4.3% of these Non Urgent patients were admitted to hospital.
Which Emergency Department is considered the "busiest" in Australia?
It would be the busiest in terms of patient presentations however your perception of busyness would be more related to the number of doctors and nurses on the floor and your access block.
What does ACEM stand for?
Must remember the Kiwis.
Who is the present President of ACEM?
Stephen Gourley was the previous President. Mary and Mana may be in the future (still young).
Emergency Medicine has been recognised as a speciality in different countries on different years. Which combination is correct?
Tough. In chronological order:
Canada 1979, USA 1979, Singapore 1984, Phillipines 1991, UK 1993, Australia 1993, South Korea 1996, Hong Kong 1997, Taiwan 1998.
When and where were the first Trauma teams in Australia?
At the time dedicating the staff required to man a trauma team was resisted in some hospitals,
At present how many FACEMs are practising in Australia?
And most of them are still trying to figure out how to complete "Measuring Outcomes" and "Performance Review" hours for their CPD.
There were 1761 Emergency Physicians in 2016.
When were the first nurse practitioners authorised to work in Australian Emergency Departments?
Jane O'Conelll was the first authorised nurse practitioner to work in Emergency in Australia (According to the "History of Nurse Practitioners).
In the Fellowship examin the second half of 2016 ACEM was criticised for only passing what percentage of "non white" candidates?
In that particular batch 88% of white caucasian applicants passed. Overall for that examination there were a total of 204 applicants. "Non white" applicants reportedly made up 25% of the 204 applicants.