Activities 2023
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Join the Celebration of Emergency Medicine week at Korle BU Teaching Hospital In Ghana
The Emergency Medicine Department at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana under the Emergency medicine society of Ghana are organising a Emergency Medicine Week Celebration form 27 to 31 May.
May 27, 2024
Somaliland Emergency Medicine Association World Emergency Medicine Ceremony and Panel session
Somaliland Emergency Medicine Association has organised World Emergency Medicine Ceremony and Panel session where we gathered all emergency healthcare workers in Somalila.
May 27, 2023
Practical procedures that makes Emergency Medicine ‘cool’
This week we have been doing practical procedures that makes Emergency Medicine ‘cool’! It has included chest drain insertion, cardioversion, pacing, ultrasound guided cannulation, IO access and plastering. People seemed to really enjoy the sessions and it brought the department…
May 27, 2023
Resuscitation marathon
In order to properly celebrate the international emergency medicine day, a group of 150 medical professionals (doctors, nurses, medical students and paramedics) organised a resuscitation marathon where the inhabitants of Târgu Mures where trained how to save a life. Târgu…
May 27, 2023
EM-Day event in Tirana
@eusem board is in #tirana for the and is reporting live for the #EmergencyMedicineDay with @qendra kombëtare Urgjencës Mjekësore @klejdi cankja @ermal haxhiasi raising awareness about #cardiac arrest and #CPR aligned with the KIDS SAVE LIVES initiative from the…
May 27, 2023
Official EM-Day video
May 27, 2023
EM-Day webinar 2023: Safety Culture in the ED
The webinar was outstanding. A big thanks to our global panel, our great moderator Saleyha Ahsan and very engaging participants from all over the world.
May 26, 2023
Publications in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine
For EM-Day 2023 we conducted 3 surveys about safety, for patients/general public, for professionals and for patient organisations. The results are shared in a paper, written by Roberta Petrino, Eeva Tuunainen, Giulia Bruzzone, and Luis Garcia-Castrillo, published in the European Journal…
February 2, 2023
Press Release: Are Emergency Departments unsafe? Patients and professionals think so
Emergency departments (EDs) are currently unsafe places for both professionals and patients, according to the results of an international survey carried out for the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) and published today (26th May) in the European Journal of…
May 27, 2023
Video from Switzerland – What is EM?
This video was created by Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Ticino, Switzerland
May 27, 2023
Yemeni Association for Emergency Medicine and Disasters
The Yemeni Association for Emergency Medicine and Disasters (YAEMD) is having a scientific day focused on emergency resuscitations and honoring the staff of the emergency department in Yemen. Yemen has been facing a humanitarian crisis for years and the emergency…
May 25, 2023
8th Meeting on Acute Cardiac Care and Emergency Medicine
in Vilnius we are celebrating EM day in a conference called ”8th Meeting on Acute Cardiac Care and Emergency Medicine” which will happen on 26-27th of May Link to the conference program:
May 26, 2023
AFEM involvement at ICEM 2023
June 13 -16 the International Conference on Emergency Medicine is taking place in Amsterdam the Netherlands. AFEM has a lot of involvement in the conference which are activities in the spirit of EM Day.
June 13, 2023
Statement Release on Over Crowding in the Emergency Unit
Overcrowding is one of the problems having a negative impact on patient and professional safety. AFEM will release a statement on this specific problem on June 7. Keep an eye out on the AFEM website and in the…
June 7, 2023
President’s Speech for World Emergency Medicine Day
Please have a look at or read the speech from the AFEM president Dr Joseph Bonney. It is such an honor to receive so much involvement from the African continent. “My fellow emergency medical professionals working in the African…
May 27, 2023
Everybody can save lives – Resuscitation event
Resuscitation event On May 27, in “Skënderbej” square, Tirana, Albania, we will place 8-10 dolls (mannequins) and we have invited high school students to teach them first aid, under the instruction of emergency doctors. Our motto is “All together to…
May 27, 2023
Hospital Escuela, Honduras
After 5 years, the International Comitee of the Red Cross is finalizing its Emergengcy Department Support Project, fully handing over the activities to the local authorities. The event will take place on Friday 26, as part of the EM day…
May 26, 2023
Mental health on the frontline and prize presentations
Join the Royal Society of Medicine for an informative session on evidence-based interventions for treating mental health in emergency medicine departments, and gain a deeper understanding of the impact of mental health. Their discussion will cover a range of critical…
June 23, 2023
Photo catalogues from Emergency Department
See details …Photo catalogues from Emergency Department
Conference for heads of Emergency Departments
See details …Conference for heads of Emergency Departments
Sponsor run to collect money for research on emergency medicine
See details …Sponsor run to collect money for research on emergency medicine
Do you want to help and take action against child maltreatment?
Important survey on a child maltreatment toolkit at Emergency Departments in Europe Child maltreatment is a worldwide threat to a child’s individual physical and psychological health and has a huge impact on socio-economic level. There is a need for improving…
EM-Day survey to evaluate levels of burnout
We launched a survey on Jan 17 till Feb 17 with the aim to evaluate the dimension of the stress and fatigue of the EM personnel during the pandemics. The results of this investigation will be available to everyone and…
2. Emergency medicine Symposium
Save the date for 2. Emergency medicine Symposium in Klinikum Gütersloh on the 28.05.2022. The Symposium is a hybrid program so many People who are interested and understand German can participate online too. More information closer to date. Download the…