| Milestones in the Development of Emergency Medicine in Hong Kong |
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| 2011 – 2012 |
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| 2010 – 2011 |
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| 2010 |
- Appointment of first Scientific Officer
- First successful PhD student – Dr Janice Yeung
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| 2009 |
- First Conjoint MCEM / IEEM Examination in March
- First invited editorial in the Lancet
- Appointment of Editor of the European Journal of EM
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| 2008 |
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| 2007 |
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| 2006 |
- IEEM / MRCS Examination in Emergency Medicine (14-18 Mar)
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine: Controversies and Complexities Symposium (26 Aug)
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| 2005 |
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| 2004 |
- 3rd Asian Conference in Emergency Medicine
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| 2003 |
- Our First Patents
- SARS Clinical Management Workshop
– Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (13-14 June 2003) at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
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| 2002 |
- Opening of Trauma and Emergency Centre at Prince of Wales Hospital in March
- Trauma Symposium at Prince of Wales Hospital in November
- Establishment of Emergency Nurse Association in HK
- First Toxicology Course in collaboration with NY Poison Centre
- First batch of AMNO of GFS
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| 2001 |
- First ALSO course of HKCEM
- Joint Scientific Meeting – Infectious Diseases and Ambulatory Medicine
– HK College of Family Physicians, HK College of Paediatricians, HK College of Pathologists, HK College of Physicians (October 27-28, 2001 at Hong Kong Academy of Medicine)
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| 2000 |
- CD-ROM version of Training Manuals in Emergency Medicine, HKSEMS
- First batch of AMO of GFS (Sponsored by HKCEM initially)
- Advanced Ultrasound Course commissioned by COC (A&E)
- First Emergency Nursing Paediatric Course HKSEMS & ENA
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| 1999 |
- First Exit Examination in Emergency Medicine of the HKCEM
- First Airway Management Workshop of HKCEM
- First Medical Director for Ambulance Service appointed
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| 1998 |
- First Emergency Medicine trainees under the College’s supervision
- First International Congress – Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (26-29 November 1998 at Hong Kong Academy of Medicine)
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| 1997 |
- The Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine is admitted as a College under Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
- Accreditation of Training Centres in Emergency Medicine
- 1st Conjoint Examination with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Emergency Diagnostic Test Manual (HKSEMS)
- Appointment of Emergency Medicine consultant as Clinical Director of Ambulance Service
- First APLS Course in Hong Kong
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) HKSEMS & ENA
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| 1996 |
- Emergency Drug Manual, Emergency Drug Handbook (HKSEMS)
- Incorporation of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine
- First PALS course with JIBC of Canada
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| 1995 |
- Professor in Accident and Emergency Medicine appointed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Formation of the Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, CUHK
- 1st Ultrasound course was started as Commissioned Training of COC (A&E)
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| 1994 |
- Training Centre for Accident & Emergency Medicine in TSKH
- Inaugural issue of the Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Core Manual for Training in Emergency Medicine (HKSEMS)
- Emergency Procedure Manual (HKSEMS)
- Emergency Nursing Course under COC HA
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| 1993 |
- Joint function with Justice Institute of British Columbia, Canada
“Cardiology and Resuscitation Seminar”
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| 1991 |
- First ACLS course with JIBC of Canada
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| 1990 |
- Official Newsletter for HKSEMS: EmergiNews
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| 1989 |
- Co-sponsor of 6th World Congress of Emergency and Disaster Medicine
- Accident & Emergency Manual published by Princess Margaret Hospital
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| 1985 |
- Hong Kong Society for Emergency Medicine & Surgery (HKSEMS)
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| 1984 |
- First local candidate passed the FRCS(A&E) examination
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| 1983 |
- First FRCS(A&E) examination held in Edinburgh, Scotland
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| 1982 |
- “Casualty Departments” renamed “Accident and Emergency Departments”
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| 1981 |
- First full time Accident and Emergency Consultant appointed
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| 1969 |
- Casualty Department in Tang Shiu Kin Hospital
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| 1965 |
- Casualty Department in Kwong Wah Hospital
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| 1964 |
- Casualty Department in Queen Elizabeth Hospital
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| 1952 |
- Casualty Department in Kowloon Hospital
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| 1947 |
- Casualty Department in Queen Mary Hospital
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