Dedication
This manual is dedicated to the memory of Dr Edward William Brentnall FACEM, MBE, OAM, KStJ 05/08/1929-01/10/2024.

Ed was a guiding light for generations of emergency physicians who sheltered, mentored and inspired many of us.
He was a great role model, a fearless champion, visionary and leader.
He was the Director of the Emergency Department at Box Hill Hospital from 1975 until 1994.
During that time he

Introduced what has become the Australasian Triage Scale in 1975
Proposed the formation of ACEM in 1981
Was a founding FACEM of the College in 1983
Provided structured, protected teaching time for trainees, decades before this became common elsewhere.
Employed the first Emergency Physicians in Australia and New Zealand to provide out of hours direct patient care.
Had a profound influence on the development of many leaders in Emergency Medicine in New Zealand, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.

My co-authors and I are so grateful to Ed for what he did for our benefit and we should all be grateful for the things he did that benefit the millions of people cared for in Emergency Departments every year.

Oh and also, without Ed, I never would have become an Emergency Physician and this manual would never have been written.

Bob Dunn

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