Terms of Reference
The EUSEM Ultrasound Section will work with and under the direction of the EUSEM Executive in achieving the overall aims and objectives of the society.
Role of the Section
The section aims to be truly representative of the scope of Emergency Medicine and more specifically Emergency Ultrasound as practiced in the European Emergency Medicine Community.
Objectives
In addition to the general objectives of EUSEM, the objectives of this section are:
- Develop a European Curriculum for Emergency Ultrasound
- Establish guidelines and policies
- Provide a forum for discussion of Emergency Ultrasound in Europe
- Organize and deliver basic and advanced Ultrasound Courses
- Organize focused courses on specific topics (pre-hospital, pediatric, disaster, etc)
- Develop Ultrasound-based material for the European Exam
- Support US training in limited resources countries or countries without an established US training program by organizing local courses
- Promote and co-ordinate research throughout Europe in Emergency Ultrasound
- Establish partnership with other worldwide recognized POCUS networks/groups/societies, in order to expand US education and training in a unified international format
- US Courses accreditation
The Ultrasound Section will work within the regulations and bylaws of EUSEM. It will send an annual report to the EUSEM Council as well as a plan of activity for the following year.
Our planned activities for 2022 are:
- Development of the European US Curriculum
- Organize basic and advanced courses
- 2 webinars in collaboration with WINFOCUS (April-May 2022)
- Support Ukrainian colleagues on POCUS topics remotely
Meetings
The annual meeting of the section will be held during the annual EUSEM congress. Tele-meetings will be organized during the year if required.
Membership of Section
All members of the Section must be current EUSEM members and annually renew their membership while being a member of the US Section.
In order to represent European Emergency Medicine, the Section will have at least one person from each country that is allied to EUSEM.
All members of the Ultrasound Section will have voting rights in electing a smaller Executive Group. The wider group will be involved in discussions and developments and be encouraged to contribute to all aspects of the areas they have experience in.
Executive Group
This group will consist of at least six members: Chair, Chair-Elect, Treasurer, Research Director, Educational Director and Secretary.
The President of EUSEM will be an ex-officio member.
This group, along with the Chair, will be subject to re-election every three years.
Members
Belgium
Leto, Riccardo
Raemen, Hannelore
Denmark
Laursen, Christian,
Posth, Stefan
Germany
Breitkreutz, Raoul
Dissman, Patrick
Hogan Barbara
Greece
Polyzogopoulou, Effie
Italy
Cibinel, Gian
Cortellaro, Francesca
Parri, Niccolò
Malta
Borg, Konrad
United Kingdom
Atelsski, Zeki
Arora, Mohit
Connolly, Jim
Harris, Tim
Michael, Kiuber
Murali, Kalyana
Weerasinghe, Asoka
Żmijewska-Kaczor, Olga
Switzerland
Horn, Rudolf
Osterwalder, Joseph
Tabakovic, Senad
Turkey
Erdenun, Erol
Girisgin, Sadik (Research)
Ucak, Umut,
Özlem, Dikme
Ünlüer, Erol
Romania
Golea, Adela
Saudi Arabia
Hariri, Hani (Curriculum)
Pasha, Farooq
United States
Hoffman, Beatrice
Teran, Felipe
Sweden
Muhr, Christopher
Netherlands
Reitveld, Vincent
Spain
Villen, Tomas
Israel
Najib, Nasa
France
Le Conte, Phillipe
Petrovic, Tomii
Croatia
Soric, Masa
Slovenia
Bajic, Slaven