TRAUMATOLOGY TALKS – BLACK WOUNDS, WHITE STITCHES

Category: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Type: Publications
Publication Date: December 2020

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is the organisation responsible for training emergency physicians and advancing professional standards in emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand. ACEM’s vision is that the provision of culturally safe and quality acute health care in Australian hospital EDs is vital to true reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To achieve this vision, ACEM commissioned a research report into cultural safety in ED settings from the perspectives of both service users and emergency service providers. Developed in partnership with Karabena Consulting and the Lowitja Institute, this report has developed a Cultural Safety Advocacy and Implementation Plan to improve emergency care delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; identified conceptions of cultural safety from both First Nations’ peoples and ED staff; and applied this information in further education and training opportunities for staff, future ED design, and ACEM’s research strategies and investments.

Read an overview of this project with Karabena Consulting here.