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Press Release: Blood test shows whether newborns with fever have bacterial or viral infection Paris, France: A test that compares the levels of two molecules in the blood is able to accurately distinguish between bacterial and viral infections in newborn babies with fever in a small study presented at the European…

Paris, France: A virtual reality landscape of a flowing river and trees, accompanied by classical music, can help to reduce patients’ blood pressure significantly within 15 minutes of their being seen in an emergency department. In a randomised controlled trial of 130 adult patients who arrived in an emergency department with…

Paris, France: Drones could be used to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to where a person is suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress today (Saturday). AEDs can often be located some distances apart, making timely access to them uneven, particularly in…

Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Friday 25 September 2026 Paris, France: The risk of death for patients treated in the emergency department increases by one per cent for every ten per cent increase in occupancy, according to research that will be presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress. [1] The researchers…

Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Friday 25 September 2026 Paris, France: Researchers in The Netherlands have found that about 30% of presentations to emergency departments of patients with chest pain could be avoided if a highly sensitive troponin test is used in combination with other parameters by ambulance crews during pre-hospital…

Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Friday 25 September 2026 Paris, France: Seventy-five percent of workers in emergency medical departments and services have witnessed violence in the past year, according to a survey of over 1,300 health professionals in 81 countries worldwide. In a special session at the European Emergency Medicine Congress today…