Under the auspices of the Quality and
Safety Special Interest Group, IFEM is launching a new Task Force on ED
Crowding and Access Block. The inaugural
meeting will be open to any interested individuals and will be held at the ICEM
meeting in Seoul on June 15, 2019 in
room 317A from 12:00 – 13:00pm.
IFEM is calling for expressions of interest in hosting the International Conference on Emergency Medicine to be held in 2025.
IFEM Full or Affiliate Members in good standing are eligible to apply.
Information on developing and submitting a bid can be found here. Additional information is available here.
The IFEM Geriatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group has produced a Statement on Minimum Standards for the Care of Older People in Emergency Departments.
The document was published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018; 20(3):368-369.
This is a brief statement of minimum standards that can be used to guide the care of older people in Emergency Departments and national health systems across the globe.
Developed by WHO and ICRC, in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured is an open-access training course for frontline healthcare providers who manage acute illness and injury with limited resources.
Produced in response to requests from multiple countries and international partners,
Download the IFEM Annual Report 2018 here.