Corona virus

EUSEM Position paper on Emergency Medical Systems response to COVID-19

The 2019 novel Coronavirus acute respiratory epidemic is creating a stressed situation in all the health systems of the affected countries. Emergency Medical systems and specifically the Emergency departments as the front line of the health systems are suffering from overload and severe working conditions, the risk of contagion and…

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Webinar on COVID-19: Saturday 28 March 9:00 CET

In the actual Covid-19 crisis, sharing information is of extreme importance to learn and improve for now and the future. EUSEM wants to stimulate this by using its network and facilitate the transference of experiences between participating members from all over Europe, providing a unique insight of the real situation…

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Message from EUSEM to all EM professionals

Dear colleagues, dear friends, COVID-19 epidemic is putting to test all our European Healthcare Systems and especially Emergency Medical structures, which usually are operating under tension. We now have to face the worries and fears of the general population. In these circumstances, as in the previous epidemic zoonosis, Emergency Medicine…

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ED response to Corona

Since the end of January, the world is facing an outbreak of a novel virus. Europe is in the heart of this epidemy and our Emergency Departments are overwhelmed by an exceptional workload and emotional commitment. Doctors and nurses are requested to work double or triple shifts looking after patients…

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Corona virus information and guidance

On this website you can find information and guidance from WHO regarding the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that was first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. Please visit this page for daily updates. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

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Poison Centers & COVID-19: webinar 15 April, 21:00 CEST

In a collaboration of organisations in the field of toxicology, webinars are organised in the light of COVID-19. Poison Centers & COVID-19: Toxicological Exposure Data, Trends, and Public Health Response; PPE In Addiction Treatment Settings Updates from the Front Lines: London & Newark Addiction Medicine specialist Dr. Timothy Wiegand will give…

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