The IFEM Paediatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group (PEMSIG) has completed the translation of the Standards for the Care of Children in Emergency Departments V3 into Spanish and the document has been submitted for approval by the Executive.
In May PEMSIG also published an editorial on the Standards for Care of Children in Emergency Departments document in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.
It is raining – with thunder – outside as I write my final message as IFEM President. A fitting atmosphere, perhaps. The world is trembling from Covid-19. Countries have taken incredibly different approaches to this pandemic, despite very clear and standard information coming from the medical experts. When I look at the ‘let’s safely acquire herd immunity’ approach in Sweden and compare it to the rigid controls in Hong Kong or the ‘this is nothing’ approach in Brazil,
The International Emergency Medicine Education Project (iEM) has been providing free emergency medicine educational resources for medical students since June 2018. Content produced by 175 contributors from 27 countries has already reached thousands of students from 197 countries around the globe.
COVID-19 has impacted many aspects of our lives and education is no exception.
The IFEM Task Force on ED Crowding and Access Block has developed a critical guidance for mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the safety and integrity of emergency departments around the globe.
Topics covered range from PPE preservation, ED design strategies, advocacy opportunities and caregiver well-being and psychological support.
As a small island in the Caribbean with a population of just 175,000, Saint Lucia faces unique emergency medicine challenges. From the day Lisa stepped off the island to further her studies she knew she would return, and in 1999 she did as a qualified emergency medicine physician. From that point on Lisa has dedicated her life to improving emergency medical care and systems on the island.