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History of the Specialty
BAEM - Objectives and Functions
The British Association for Emergency Medicine merged with the College of Emergency Medicine (previously Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine) in February 2008.
BAEM was a Charity with the following objectives:
· Recommend optimum standards of accommodation, facilities, equipment and supporting services for the provision of patient care and is responsible for establishing and maintaining these standards
· Recommend staffing norms of Emergency Departments and ensures that suitably experienced staff are available at all times
· Promote publicity for accident prevention, the role of the Emergency Department and the education of the public in the principles of First Aid
· Co‑operate with other organisations involved in emergency care to produce a national policy on Accident and Emergency services and to advise the Department of Health on Major Disaster Planning
· Co-operate with the Department of Health in order to negotiate and achieve terms and conditions for medical staff and to provide guidelines for Emergency Consultant contracts
· Co‑operate in the training of all personnel involved in emergency care and advises on the standardisation and provision of equipment within the emergency service
· Maintain close operational links with ambulance services
· Maintain relationships with organisations involved in the practice of Emergency Medicine in the United Kingdom and abroad
· Maintain close links with other professional organisations so that advances in other specialties may be applied to patients within the Emergency Department
· Promote research into all aspects of Emergency Medicine
· Maintain close operational links with professional organisations providing Immediate Care
· Maintain a close liaison with the General Practitioner to secure the appropriate use of each facility
· Aim to improve operational links with Community, Medical, Nursing and Social Services
· Seek to improve liaison with Industrial Accident Services
· Protect and promote the professional interests of its members.
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