News

Jan F.A. Hendrickx, Stefan De Hert, Andre M. De Wolf When preparing for a lecture, “Using automation and advanced medical technology to enhance patient safety” presented at the “International Forum on Patient Safety” at the 2021 ISQ EASAIC/ASA Annual meeting [1], the first inclination of the presenter (JHX) was to inundate the audience with the latest wonders of sensors, artificial intelligence, ever more advanced wireless modes, and hopefully the literature to document they do improve s...

Bazil Ateleanu Chair of the ESAIC Examinations Committee Dear Examination Committee and Subcommittees Members, Fellow Examiners, Invigilators, Hosts, Candidates and ESAIC Members, as a Chair of the Examinations Committee, I will try to summarise the events we encountered in 2022 and highlight our strategy for 2023. OLA 1877 candidates registered for the OLA 2022. Candidates from countries where OLA was part of the national examination had a particular day of sitting, 22 April 2022. Candidates f...

D. Berrin Gunaydin Regardless of underlying aetiology, massive haemorrhage is a significant cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. According to health statistics, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Turkey is 13.1 in 100,000 live births (https://sbsgm.saglik.gov.tr/Eklenti/44131). Hopefully, evidence-based management to improve patient care could play an important role in decreasing MMR. However, massively bleeding trauma patients is challenging even in expert centres. Therefore...

Leila Niemi-Murola, Valentina Almeida Accreditation of Training in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, formerly the Hospital Visiting and Training Accreditation Programme (HVTAP), has offered a teaching accreditation under the European Training Requirements on a voluntary basis to the academic departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive care Medicine. Since 1989, the ATAIC has performed over 100 international audits. Germany and Turkey have been the two most active countries interested in accrediti...

Inês Ferreira Vieira Since the very beginning of my residency in Anaesthesiology, I knew I wanted to do an internship abroad. What better way to get out of your comfort zone and meet a different reality? The idea of applying for the Trainee Exchange Program followed naturally. I was thrilled when the response came to say I was accepted into the Program! Given my interest in both cardiac and paediatric anaesthesia, I wanted to deepen my knowledge of cardiac anaesthesia and see congenital cardiac...

Alexander Zarbock – Chair of the ESAIC Research Committee Sylvia Daamen, Pierre Harlet, Saman Sepehr, Sophie Debouche, and Julia Dowell This has been a busy and successful year for the Research Department, with many ongoing projects. ESAIC Awards and Grants We are happy to announce that in 2022 a total of 240.000€ was distributed among Research Grant winners. The grants were the Andreas Hoeft’s Grant (70€k, dedicated in 2022 to Anaesthesiology – winner: Daqing Ma), the Rese...

ESAIC runs a Mentorship Programme to promote the professional development of young researchers through one-to-one mentoring by experienced investigators. It enables the development of a personal relationship and provides individual support for the mentee in their chosen field of research. The aims of the Programme are: To preserve and transfer accumulated professional knowledge within the anaesthesia and intensive care community To support individual academic anaesthetists in achieving their po...

Idit Matot Chair of the ESAIC Scientific Committee Finally, after two years of online congresses, in 2022, we could gather in Milan for Euroanaesthesia and get back to handshakes, hugs, smiles and the excitement of the congress.  The remarkable opening ceremony with two exceptional plenary speakers, Dr Kate Prior and Prof. Kai Zacharowski, was just an amazing signal of what’s to follow. We are proud to have been able to organize an innovative and vibrant programme, boosting the Simlab and...

Patricio Gonzalez-Pizarro Chair of ESAIC Sustainability Committee Green means go! Sustainability is a hot topic. It is everywhere these days, and while we may be getting saturated with the word, we must turn our attention to the concept, especially its environmental dimension. Climate change is a defining issue for our generation. The carbon footprint of clinical practice accounts for 4.7% of total European emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), and the EU ranks as the third largest contributor to...

Stefan De Hert Chair of the ESAIC Education & Training Committee The Education and Training Committee is an umbrella committee overseeing and coordinating the education and training activities at ESAIC. 2022 has been a successful year; below are the main achievements: Education Tuesday – the education activity has been released every Tuesday and touches upon various subjects for different learners, from young trainees to expert anesthesiologists in various fields. Podcasts have been a real...