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Geriatric Podcasts

During #EUSEM22 Congress, seven podcasts about geriatric topics were released in collaboration with EuGMS GeriEM - 1  CGA GeriEM - 2 Frailty & Risk Stratification GeriEM - 3 Environment GeriEM - 4 Delirium GeriEM - 5 Polypharmacy GeriEM - 6 Silver Trauma GeriEM - 7 End of Life Care

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European survey on the preanalytical process in the emergency department

Results of a survey on the preanalytical process in the emergency department have been published in the  Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine journal. This survey  was supported by the European Society for Emergency Nursing (EUSEN), European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM), and the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory…

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EM-Day Policy statement about working safely in the ED is published!

The EM-Day taskforce has written a policy statement about minimal standards for safe working conditions in Emergency Medicine. It is published in the European Journal for Emergency Medicine. Share it as much as you can so it will be noticed by our policy makers. https://journals.lww.com/euro-emergencymed/Fulltext/9900/Policy_statement_on_minimal_standards_for_safe.35.aspx 

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Test for carbon monoxide poisoning is unreliable and should not be used

Berlin, Germany: Pulse oximetry is an unreliable method for spotting people suffering with carbon monoxide poisoning and it should not be used for this purpose, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis presented today (Tuesday) at the European Emergency Medicine Congress [1]. Carbon monoxide is one of the most common…

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