- About
-
Our work
- Global Campaign Against ED Over-Crowding
- Advocacy
- Emergency Medical Care Worker Wellbeing
-
Committees Committees
- About our Committees
-
Clinical Practice Committee Clinical Practice Committee
-
Continuing Professional Development Committee Continuing Professional Development Committee
-
Core Curriculum and Education Committee Core Curriculum and Education Committee
-
Finance Committee Finance Committee
-
Governance Committee Governance Committee
-
Research Committee Research Committee
-
Speciality Implementation Committee Speciality Implementation Committee
-
Special Interest Groups Special Interest Groups
- About Special Interest Groups
-
Behavioral Emergencies SIG Behavioral Emergencies SIG
-
Critical Care in Emergency Medicine SIG Critical Care in Emergency Medicine SIG
-
Disaster Medicine SIG Disaster Medicine SIG
-
EM Resident Trainee Special Interest Group EM Resident Trainee Special Interest Group
-
Emergency Ultrasound SIG Emergency Ultrasound SIG
-
Gender Specific Issues SIG Gender Specific Issues SIG
-
Geriatric Emergency Medicine SIG Geriatric Emergency Medicine SIG
-
Informatics Special Interest Group Informatics Special Interest Group
-
Technology SIG Technology SIG
-
Paediatric Emergency Medicine SIG Paediatric Emergency Medicine SIG
-
Public and Environmental Health SIG Public and Environmental Health SIG
-
Quality and Safety SIG Quality and Safety SIG
-
Trauma SIG Trauma SIG
-
Taskforces Taskforces
- About our Taskforces
-
Portuguese Translation Taskforce Portuguese Translation Taskforce
-
Spanish Translation Taskforce Spanish Translation Taskforce
-
World Health Organization Taskforce World Health Organization Taskforce
-
Events Taskforce Events Taskforce
- Join the IFEM Acute Care Action Network Task Force
- Resources
- Research
- Education
-
Events
-
International Conference on Emergency Medicine International Conference on Emergency Medicine
- Event Calendar
- Past event recordings
- Event endorsement
- Symposia collaboration
- Apply for free IFEM event registration
-
- News
IFEM stands in solidarity with our Myanmar colleagues
The International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) expresses deep concern at the military coup in Myanmar and unlawful removal of the democratically elected government. We stand in solidarity with our medical and nursing colleagues in Myanmar.
In 2012, IFEM formally partnered with the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports to develop emergency care services. We are proud that our eight-year partnership has resulted in the specialist training of over 100 emergency medicine doctors, more than 50 emergency nurses, well-developed hospital emergency departments and better emergency care systems. These doctors and nurses, including international affiliate members of IFEM, give patient-centred, compassionate, high quality care to all patients without discrimination.
Now these professionals join many other healthcare workers, raising their voices in protest against social instability and injustice. The ethical dilemma of how to protest for change while providing emergency care for their communities during this dangerous time is enormous and difficult. IFEM recognises these professional and personal ethical challenges.
IFEM stands in solidarity with, and supports, our Myanmar colleagues and the leaders of the Myanmar Emergency Medicine Society in their protest calling for peace and return to a stable democracy.
Professor Sally McCarthy
IFEM PRESIDENT