Event
Newsletter
| 14 September 2023
Newsletter September 2023: ESAIC Advanced Patient Safety Course
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
6 – 7 March 2023
Faculty:
Dr Daniel Arnal, Madrid, Spain
Prof. Dr Benedikt Preckel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Maria Lema Tome, Madrid, Spain
In early 2023, we held the second edition of the ESAIC Advanced Patient Safety Course in Amsterdam. For the second time, this course was completely sold out. Amsterdam is an excellent location for this event and is very easy to travel to. Attendees also joined the faculty for a meal on the evening of the fir...
Newsletter
| 14 September 2023
Newsletter September 2023: Enhancing Patient Safety through medical education - A crucial imperative
Authors:
Maria Wittmann, Gregor Massoth
Patient safety is a paramount concern within healthcare systems, and its significance has to extend heavily into medical education. It is essential that patients could be protected from harm during their treatment and receive safe and high-quality care. The quality of healthcare delivery relies heavily on the competence, knowledge, and attitudes developed by medical students and professionals during their lifelong education. As medical errors continue to p...
Newsletter
| 14 September 2023
Newsletter September 2023: Sir, the patient is yours!
Author:
Gabriel M.Gurman, Chief Editor
This was the sentence used almost 200 years ago in Boston, Mass Generre by Bill Morton in order to inform the surgeon, John C. Warren, that he could start operating on the first ether-anaesthetised patient in the written history.
I have no doubt that Morton, saying this, did not refer to Mr Abbot’s (the patient) general condition. Morton knew nothing about his patient’s medical situation and met him only a few minutes before starting the inducti...
Newsletter
| 13 September 2023
Newsletter September 2023: SAFEST - Standards in Perioperative Care
Authors:
Daniel Arnal, Maria Wittmann
The SAFEST project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe innovation programme under grant agreement No 101057825, aims to enhance patient safety in perioperative care, a crucial aspect of healthcare. Surgical-related adverse events significantly burden healthcare systems, and SAFEST aims to address this issue through standardised and evidence-based perioperative practices. As previously reported (1), the project involves a diverse team of hea...
ESAIC News
| 13 September 2023
THE 2030 WORLD SEPSIS DECLARATION
ESAIC signs the Berlin Declaration on Sepsis
The ESAIC has joined the global movement to fight sepsis, a life-threatening condition affecting millions yearly.
On 12 September 2023, we at the ESAIC, signed the 2030 World Sepsis Declaration, a document adopted by delegates and supporter organisations of the World Sepsis Day event 2023 in Berlin.
The Berlin Declaration on Sepsis is an urgent call for the enforcement of the World Health Assembly Resolution 70.7 and reinvigorated global action on sep...
Newsletter
| 07 July 2023
Newsletter July 2023: ACCESS Study: Register Your Centre to Join This European Caesarean Delivery Study of Anaesthesia Practice
Carolyn Weiniger
Variations exist in the management of anaesthesia for caesarean deliveries among European centres. While the ideal rate of general anaesthesia for planned caesarean deliveries should be below 5%, the actual rate is unknown across European countries. General anaesthesia carries risks of failed intubation, gastric aspiration, and reported awareness in 1 out of 212 cases. (1-3) Unfortunately, neuraxial anaesthesia, the common mode of anaesthesia, may not always provide sufficient...
Newsletter
| 07 July 2023
Newsletter July 2023: European Journal of Anaesthesiology (EJA) and the Impact Factor (IF)
This article was written by the Board of Editors of EJA
For years the editorial strategy of the EJA has been linked to the improvement of the Impact Factor (IF). Many editorial decisions, including the number of articles published by issue, preferred topics, the priority for guidelines and reviews, and responses to the letters, were driven by this famous metric.
However, the IF has never been designed to assess the quality of research but to help the professionals working in libraries to asses...
Newsletter
| 07 July 2023
Newsletter July 2023: Follow up on the two ESAIC Grant winners from 2020 Young Investigator grants
In this detailed review, we explore the progress and outcomes of two noteworthy research projects that received the Young Investigator Start-up Grants from the ESAIC in 2020. Francesca Dalla Corte from Italy and Christina Massoth from Germany were the recipients of these grants, which aimed to promote innovative research in the fields of anaesthesiology and intensive care. The research projects funded by these grants have generated significant interest within the medical community.
ESAIC Young...
Newsletter
| 07 July 2023
Newsletter July 2023: Follow up on the 2020 ESAIC Research Project Grant winning project and 2020 ESAIC Support Grant winner
In this review, we explore the progress and outcomes of two significant projects supported by the ESAIC in 2020. The first project, the ESAIC Research Project Grant, was awarded to Wolfgang Buhre from the Netherlands, with the aim of facilitating groundbreaking research in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care. The second project, the ESAIC Support Grant, was awarded to Martin Scharffenberg from Germany, with the purpose of providing assistance for research in the same field. The resul...
Newsletter
| 06 July 2023
Newsletter July 2023: ESAIC and BJA Foundation-ESAIC Grants Winners 2023 – learn about the four funded projects
The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) and the British Journal of Anaesthesia Foundation (BJA Foundation) have a long-standing collaboration to support and promote research excellence in the field of anaesthesia. One of the outcomes of this partnership is the BJA Foundation – ESAIC Grant, which aims to enhance clinical practice and foster innovation among early career researchers.
This year (2023), the BJA Foundation – ESAIC Grant awarded two grants of 6...