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Dear member, We are pleased to announce the outcome of the recent election for vice president, which concluded on 25 July. Prof. Ashraf Butt        130                Prof. Said Laribi          127  Abstention                   11   …

The EUSEM Syncope Group have published a consensus statement in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine on the general process of the workup and care for patients with suspected syncope, providing rules for sufficient and systematic management of the broad group of syncope (initially presenting as TLOC) patients in the…

 The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) has approved new training requirements for clinicians working in emergency medicine (EM). The European Training Requirement (ETR) is, essentially, the curriculum for physicians dealing with all health emergencies in adult and paediatric patients. The ETR is intended to strengthen training in EM across…

Welcome to the quarterly EJEM research round-up, where we present our top picks from the last three months of EJEM editions. Chiara Lazzeri, Associate Editor Verdonschot et al [1]performed a retrospective two-centre study to investigate the number of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients eligible to…

From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). ABSTRACT Blood Sampling Guidelines have been developed to target European emergency medicine-related professionals involved in the blood sampling process (e.g. physicians, nurses, phlebotomists working in the ED), as well as laboratory physicians and other related professionals. The guidelines population focus on…

Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is the third leading cause of death in Europe, with a high burden of disability for patients and their families [1]. When the heart stops, the body and brain cells quickly deplete of oxygen. Without intervention, brain damage occurs rapidly, and death is inevitable. Unfortunately,…