97.9% of ED staff have experienced alcohol-related aggression in the last year. Alcohol-related harm is preventable, we must make changes to make emergency departments safer for both staff and patients. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606... @firstdonoharm.bsky.social @emajournal.bsky.social

Enough is enough! 98% of ED staff have experienced alcohol-related violence and aggression. This is not a safe or acceptable environment for staff, patients and their whānau.

Interesting article. This raises many questions which can not be definitively answered by this study, but this is an important conversation to be had. IMO, Metacognition and awareness of our cognitive biases can help address them longer term doi.org/10.1111/1742...

"Gender equity in authorship of emergency medicine publications in Australasia" Ka pai on this article highlighting patterns in gender gaps @laurajoycenz.bsky.social and team doi.org/10.1111/1742...

Intravenous Contrast is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Acute Kidney Injury? - Journal of Emergency Medicine www.jem-journal.com/article/S073...

Happy to share an invited article I wrote looking at what #EM in Australasia can learn from the #NHS for Emergency Medicine Australasia. This was part of a discussion on the future of emergency care in Australasia in the EMA. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... #MedSky #BlueSky