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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...