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About the Royal Darwin Hospital

Royal Darwin Hospital is the largest teaching hospital in the Northern Territory and is also recognised as Australia's National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre.

About the RDH - Emergency Department

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Emergency Medicine Opportunities The case-mix is unique with a young population (average age 29), tropical diseases, cross cultural and indigenous medicine, delayed presentation sepsis, and the highest per capita rates of acute rheumatic fever, TB and blunt and penetrating trauma in Australia. Emergency Department registrars routinely rotate to Retrieval Medicine, as well as other inpatient units.		Research Opportunities Clinical research is ongoing in the ED, with current topics of study including antiemetics in children, melioidosis, pneumonia severity scales, and cannabis induced emesis. Registrars are encouraged to conduct clinical study, with dedicated research time and active support from experienced researchers. The ED also participates in enrolment and data collection for the Australian Snakebite Project.
ACEM Accredited Training The ED is accredited by ACEM for 12 months of advanced training, 6 months of paediatric emergency training, and the retrieval terms for emergency registrars are accredited for 6 months of special skills		International Medical Graduates
Training Programs		Prerequisites for Registration
Other Opportunities		What Previous Staff Have Said "The main thing is the incredible variety of things that you see." Emergency Registrar, January 2009. "The department is very welcoming, and interested in education at all levels." Emergency Resident, January 2009. "A department that has something for everyone." Emergency Registrar, January 2009.

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