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PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Tuesday 15 October 2024 Half of all patients with sepsis die within two years Copenhagen, Denmark: Half of all patients with sepsis admitted to an emergency medical department died within two years, according to Danish researchers investigating factors that could predict outcomes…

PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Tuesday 15 October 2024 Research explains why some cyclists don’t wear helmets and what might convince them to wear one Copenhagen, Denmark: Wearing a helmet can prevent brain injury and deaths in cyclists, yet many do not wear a helmet. New research…

  Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Monday 14 October 2024 Three key signs of major trauma could speed up treatment of severely injured children brought to emergency departments by carers not ambulances Copenhagen, Denmark: Severely injured children who are brought to an emergency medical department by their parents or carers…

PRESS RELEASE   Embargo: 16:30 hrs CEST on Sunday 13 October 2024 Climate change is a health emergency too International experts warn of impact on emergency medical services worldwide Copenhagen, Denmark: International experts in emergency medicine have warned that climate change is likely to have a severe impact on emergency…

Voting opens today for the new chair of EUSEP,  the European Society for Emergency Paediatrics, a branch of EUSEM.  A voting link will be sent to Paediatric members, the deadline to vote is Monday 14 October 18:00.   The nomination for the chair is:   Professsor Patrick Van de Voorde…

The European Society for Emergency Medicine would like to congratulate the Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina de Urgência e Emergência on obtaining approval for Emergency Medicine to become a specialty in Portugal. On 23rd  September 2024, the Assembly of Representatives of the Order of Physicians (OM) approved the new specialty of  Emergency…