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Quarterly EJEM research round-up - June 2024

Welcome to the quarterly EJEM research round-up, where we present our top picks from the last three months of EJEM editions. Chiara Lazzeri, Associate Editor Verdonschot et al [1]performed a retrospective two-centre study to investigate the number of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients eligible to…

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NEW PUBLICATION: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BLOOD SAMPLING IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS

From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). ABSTRACT Blood Sampling Guidelines have been developed to target European emergency medicine-related professionals involved in the blood sampling process (e.g. physicians, nurses, phlebotomists working in the ED), as well as laboratory physicians and other related professionals. The guidelines population focus on…

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Breaking news: Emergency Medicine Takes a New Turn in the Netherlands

On the 26 October 2023, we received the incredible news that the Dutch Society for Emergency Medicine (NVSHA) had received confirmation from the Ministry of Health that Emergency Medicine has been officially recognised as a primary specialty in the Netherlands. This achievement has come about as a result of the…

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New publication: Status of the specialty Emergency Medicine in Europe

By Wilhelm Behringer (a) and Ruth Brown (b) aDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria and and bImperial College Healthcare NHS trust, UKCorrespondence to Wilhelm Behringer, MD, MBA, MSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna General Hospital Received 28 July 2023 Accepted 29 July 2023. Extract Emergency Medicine is…

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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

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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