Top Stories: Nov-Dec 2020
What’s going on? From COVID vaccines to educational evolution, we invite you to take a moment to explore some featured articles from around the greater Emergency Medicine community.
“It has been two years since the International Emergency Medicine (iEM) Education Project (iem-student.org) met with medical students. The project, which aims to promote emergency medicine and provide free, reusable education resources for medical students and educators, reached another important milestone during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Interaction between EDs and Long-Term Residential Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
“An article on the interaction between Residential Care Facilities and Emergency Departments on behalf of the Special Interest Group for Geriatric Emergency Medicine.
Written by the following members of the IFEM Geriatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group: Rosa McNamara, Tim Platts Mills, Maaret Castrén, Carolyn Hullick, Don Melady”
Op-Ed: Demanding Thanksgiving Abstinence Is Not Public Health
“The problem, and solution, are more nuanced. There is no doubt that large gatherings, indoors, and without masks is a recipe for the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2, but at the same time, [there is] worry that the abstinence-only approach -- the just-don't-have-Thanksgiving approach -- is not the right way for public health experts to respond.”
IFEM: 20th International Conference on Emergency Medicine
“The 20th International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM21) has been comprehensively organized to capture the excellent innovations in Emergency Medicine, primarily in the areas of: Trauma, Emergency Nursing, Career Development, Military Medicine, Fundamentals of EM, Wellness, Administration, ED Operations, Disaster Medicine, Simulation, Sepsis, Cardiovascular, Pediatrics, Imaging, Abdominal, Neurovascular, Psych and other sub branches related to the field of Emergency Medicine.”
EuSEM: JOIN First Aid Guidelines
“For the very first time, a set of common European-wide First Aid Guidelines has been successfully produced. Developed by an international team of experts, who form the JOIN Clinical Working Group, the Guidelines promote the importance of First Aid in daily situations at home, at work, and in daily life. They are designed to apply in every European country, also providing a solution to some cross-border health issues and helping to foster international cooperation.
The JOIN Guidelines are intended for First Aiders, the general public, as well as health professionals and, are available to all users for free. They are currently available in thirteen European languages: Dutch, English, Finish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, and also Arabic. For free download, please go to www.firstaidjoin.org”
“While online teaching is not a substitute for in-person clinical teaching, such initiatives can provide resources to clinical teachers who are overwhelmed with clinical duties and an opportunity for medical students from low-resource settings to continue their training safely during the pandemic.” African Journal of Emergency Medicine Latest Issue
1st Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Administered This Week In The U.K.
“As U.S. health authorities continue examining the proposed COVID-19 vaccines, residents in the United Kingdom — the first Western country to issue approval for emergency use — are set to receive their first shots as early as this week.”
