Accident and Emergency

Emergency departments across NSW will be encouraged to provide separate waiting rooms for Aboriginal patients under a new state government policy.

Workplace stress amongst hospital emergency department staff is prevalent despite the working environment being generally perceived positively amongst nursing and medical

New research at NeuRA will examine the impact comfort aids have on crash protection of older Australians. There is growing concern comfort

Ben Beck, Monash University

Recover Injury Research Centre is conducting an online

The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern (RFDS SE) Section is reminding the public of the dangers posed by snakes during the summer months and what to do if bitten. This

Emergency departments in WA hospitals will have more specialised drug nurses from January 2017, to deal with the increase in meth-affected patients.

Road injury prevention measures seem to be effective, evidenced by a decrease in severe brain injury cases, says new research. The number of

A record number of patients visited NSW public hospital emergency depts in the quarter to March, the AMA is calling for the federal govt to reverse cuts.

Record numbers of patients are swamping NSW emergency departments, with patients in western Sydney experiencing the longest delays, the opposition says.

Alcohol is having a huge impact on Australian emergency departments, according to new research. One in eight people in Australasian emergency departments is

“CPR is a really important skill that everyone should have, especially those who live on remote or rural properties who may be first responders in an emergency where

A new drug causes stem cells found within bones to divide and to turn into more bone cells, speeding up fracture healing. A new drug is being

The Australian Medical Association supports new guidelines allowing front-line emergency workers to subdue aggressive ice addicts. The Australian

A revamped emergency department at Tasmania's North West Regional Hospital will take its first patients on Monday morning. The first patients

Tasmania has the most registered defibrillators per capita of any Australian state or territory, the island's ambulance boss says. Ambulance

Donated skin stocks are running low in Queensland as doctors treat victims from the state's biggest-ever mass burns disaster. Queensland

Wait times in emergency rooms in NSW hospitals has remained stable at about four hours or less, according to a new report. NSW public hospitals

An injection of funding to increase staffing levels is paramount to providing improved care for New Zealand patients in hospital emergency departments, according to the New

South Australian nurses and midwives are being left in limbo with the state government failing to release detail surrounding its proposed health reforms. The