The Australian Standardisation of the Hospital Emergency Number (ASHEN) working group has been formed with the aim of instigating and implementing standardisation across Australia of the HEN. The working group is inclusive and welcomes members from all interested parties. Currently it has the support and contains members of the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC), Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA), Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) and Australian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) along with Disaster Managers and Emergency Management & Resilience Coordinators.
In moving forward, the group aims to continue to raise awareness of the issue, further develop a website to provide technical support to individual hospitals and facilities, collaborate with hospital and other governing bodies and deliver standardisation across the country.
Professor Peter Morley – National Chairman, Australian Resuscitation Council
Professor David M Scott – President Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Dr David Whitaker – Chairman Safety Committee European Board of Anaesthesiology
Dr Jo Sutherland – Consultant Anaesthetist, Quality & Safety ANZCA
Dr Jennifer Dixon – Consultant Anaesthetist, ANZCA
Dr Paul Barach – Consultant Anesthesiologist, Chicago, USA
Dr Clare Skinner – Emergency Physician, ACEM
Dr Robert Hackett – Consultant Anaesthetist, ANZCA
Ms Marie Nemani – Medical Student, Townsville
Mr Joe Vogelgesang – Telephone technical support
Mrs Carmel Eccles – Emergency Management & Resilience Coordinator Alfred Hospital
Mr Dwight Robinson – ICU RN & Manager Emergency Management Unit
Mrs Melissa Waine – Professional Healthcare Grants Writer
Mr Scott Ward – Project
Mr Steven Shorrock – Human Factors & Ergonomics Expert, UK.
Mr Sven Nillson – Disaster Manager at Sydney LHD
We welcome other interested individuals from healthcare governance to the group.