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PRESS RELEASE Identifying sepsis: only two out of four recommended screening tools are useful Paramedics and emergency doctors almost never suspect sepsis

  • September 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE Identifying sepsis: only two out of four recommended screening tools are useful Paramedics and emergency doctors almost never suspect sepsis
Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Wednesday 20 September 2023 Barcelona, Spain: Two out of the four internationally-recommended screening tools used by emergency medical services are inadequate for recognising sepsis, according to new research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress today (Wednesday). Mrs Silke Piedmont, a health scientist at the…

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PRESS RELEASE Patients visiting emergency departments because of alcohol abuse are more likely to make return visits and to die in the following decades

  • September 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE Patients visiting emergency departments because of alcohol abuse are more likely to make return visits and to die in the following decades
Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Tuesday 19 September 2023 Barcelona, Spain: People who come to emergency departments with alcohol-related diseases or conditions are more likely to make return visits and to die in the following 20 years, than people who come to emergency departments for other reasons, according to new…

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PRESS RELEASE Ultrasound scans by doctors in emergency departments to diagnose deep vein thrombosis halve patients’ stay and may help to reduce over-crowding

  • September 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE Ultrasound scans by doctors in emergency departments to diagnose deep vein thrombosis halve patients’ stay and may help to reduce over-crowding
Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Monday 18 September 2023   Barcelona, Spain: If doctors in hospital emergency departments are trained to carry out ultrasound on patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT), they can nearly halve the time the patients spend in these departments. Dr Ossi Hannula, an emergency medicine…

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PRESS RELEASE Women less likely to be given CPR than men in public places But in private spaces older people less likely to be given CPR

  • September 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE Women less likely to be given CPR than men in public places But in private spaces older people less likely to be given CPR
Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Monday 18 September 2023 Barcelona, Spain: Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area, according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress today (Monday). The study also shows…

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PRESS RELEASE ChatGPT performs as well as doctors for suggesting the most likely diagnoses in the emergency medicine department

  • September 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE ChatGPT performs as well as doctors for suggesting the most likely diagnoses in the emergency medicine department
For immediate release on Wednesday 13 September 2023 Barcelona, Spain: The artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT performed as well as a trained doctor in suggesting likely diagnoses for patients being assessed in emergency medicine departments, in a pilot study to be presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress, which starts on…

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