Informed consent to medical treatment is fundamental in both ethics and law. It is premised on the principle of self-determination as a fundamental human right and applies to every field of medicine. Informed consent is an important and challenging aspect of emergency medical care that ensures the protection of the right of patients to make informed decisions about proposed treatments and/or procedures. Even in emergency care situations, patients have the right to receive information about treatment options, so that they can make decisions about their care.

How to deal with this as an ED. Read it here.

Do you want to submit a Case Report a Research Abstract or an Image in EM Report to present in Copenhagen? Submission is open now. Find all instructions on this website.  

Who wants to get free clinical and non-clinical tips from Prof. Tintinalli. Check it out on the Open Access section of the EUSEM ACADEMY. Just click and absorb.

The registration for the Fellowship exchange programme is OPEN!! Check the traineeships offered by 12 institutes throughout Europe! All information for trainees and hosting institutes can be found on the dedicated fellowship page.

You can register by loging into your MyEUSEM account. Under the button YEMD Fellowship Programme you will start registration and you can select the top 3 of your choice of traineeships. The YEMD board will get back to you with more information after registration. For questions: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

PEM is on the roll and there are a lot of interesting jobs to do.

There are 3 Special Interest Groups looking for members.

1. Curriculum SIG
2. Education SIG
3. Communication SIG 

Please check the dedicated webpage to read about the general objectives of the SIG's and their immediate priorities.

PEM Special Interest Groups

Also a position of Associate Editor-Pediatrics for the European Journal of Emergency Medicine is now available.

Please contact the Editor (Prof Yonathan FREUND, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for further information and for applying. Please, add This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in Cc to keep track.

The European Training Requirements for PEM are validated by UEMS.

The Syllabus intends to:

• Harmonise training programmes in PEM between different European countries.
• Establish clearly defined standards of knowledge and skill required to practice PEM at the tertiary care level.
• Foster the development of a European network of competent tertiary care centres for PEM.
• Improve the level of care for children who attend Emergency Departments (EDs).

Read the syllabus here!