Upcoming event: EUSEM Congress 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Following an excellent week of education, research updates, and conversations with old and new GeriEM friends at the EuGMS Conference in Valencia, Spain, we are next excitedly looking ahead to the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Congress, 12-16 October in Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • Saturday 12 October: GeriEM Train-The-Trainer course SOLD OUT
  • Sunday 13 October morning: GeriEM ‘boot camp’ course SOLD OUT
  • Sunday 13 October 1630-1800: EM Geriatrics: Frailty care journeys. General session symposium
  • Monday 14 October 0900-1030: GeriEM When the guidelines don’t fit. General session symposium
  • Monday 14 October 1200: Meet the EUSEM GeriEM committee. EUSEM Podium session
  • Monday 14 October 1400: Official launch of the e-course on Palliative Care in the Emergency Department. EUSEM Podium session
  • Tuesday 15 October 1500: GeriEM section meeting (all welcome)

Read more about our courses and events here

GEM SIG meeting at EuGMS Congress 2024, Valencia

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The EuGMS GEM section met today in Valencia, enjoying a very well attended session with colleagues from across Europe and worldwide.

We heard from Dr Santiago Castejon-Hernandez presenting on his system’s Geriatric Day Hospital (GDH) in Barcelona and from Dr James van Oppen presenting the results of last year’s Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED) study, as well as hearing updates on SIG activities and plans.

Next up on the agenda is ‘New models of care’ at 2pm in Auditorium 2, including an overvie

Person-centred decisions in geriatric emergency care

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How can we integrate evidence-based medicine and person-centred care paradigms when reaching pragmatic decisions for complex older people using emergency care? Collaborators of the European Taskforce on Geriatric Emergency Medicine (the GeriEM sections of EUSEM and EuGMS) worked with members of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine to produce this framework published in Emergency Medicine Journal: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2024-213898

Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED) study

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Some 260 collaborators of the European Taskforce on Geriatric Emergency Medicine (ETGEM) came together to conduct the Frailty in European Emergency Departments study on 04 July 2023. This project collected observational data for all people aged 65+ who attended 62 emergency departments across 14 countries, administering the Clinical Frailty Scale.

The headline paper in European Geriatric Medicine (https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-023-00926-3) reports the 40% prevalence of frailty among older people attending emergency care settings.

Further papers on the configuration of acute frailty services and concordance with frailty screening are currently under peer review.

Geriatric Emergency Medicine SIG meeting during EuGMS in Heslinki

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The GEM Special Interest Group of the EuGMS met during the EuGMS conference in Heslinki, Finland on September 20th 2023.

Updates were discussed, by SIG co-chair Stephen Lim

  • a GEM curriculum is being designed for Ambulance personnel
  • the guidelines are being translated in more and more languages
  • the series of Podcasts is now online
  • the flasmob FEED study, led by James van Oppen, is being analyzed, some preliminary data were discussed. More to follow when published!

There were interesting discussion among attendants on how to organise #geriEM care in view of the challenges of shortages in personnel and money and in different healthcare setting.

 

 

GeriEM activities during EUSEM conference, Berlin (Germany), October 16-17, 2022

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During the EUSEM conference in Berlin, Germany, there are several #geriEMEurope activities, which will take place on October 16-17, 2021, open to conference delegates. We hope to see you there!

October 16, 2022
8:30-13:00; Precourse Geriatric emergency Medicine
https://eusemcongress.org/geriatric-emergency-medicine/

13:00-14:45; Emergencies in the elderly – How to improve the quality of care in your ED https://cm.eusem.org/cmPortal/searchable/eusem22/config/normal#!sessiondetails/0000004140_0

14:55-16:20 Emergencies in the elderly – Bring your problems and ask the experts
https://cm.eusem.org/cmPortal/searchable/eusem22/config/normal#!sessiondetails/0000004110_0

October 17, 2022
10:00-11:00; Geriatric emergency Medicine Section meeting (Room R3)

GeriEM activities during EUSEM conference, Lisbon (Portugal), October 28th 2021

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During the EUSEM conference in Lisbon, Portugal, there are several #geriEMEurope activities, that will all take place on October 28th 2021, open to conference delegates. Hope to see you there!

8:00-12:15; Precourse Geriatric Emergency Medicine

https://www.eusem.org/congress/registration/pre-course-2021/pc-8-geriatric-emergency-medicine

13:00-14:30: symposium ‘COVID and the elderly patients’

https://cm.eusem.org/cmPortal/Searchable/EXA/config/normal/redirectconfig/normal/redirectconference/CON2021#!sessiondetails/0000001400_0

15:00-16:30; Symposium ‘Geriatric emergencies: Old patients – new insights

https://cm.eusem.org/cmPortal/Searchable/EXA/config/normal/redirectconfig/normal/redirectconference/CON2021#!sessiondetails/0000001550_0

17:00-19:00 GEM section meeting (on location)

 

GeriEM Symposium & SIG meeting during EuGMS conference 2021

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We are glad to announce that during the annual conference of the EuGMS to be held in Athens and online October 11-13th 2021 there will be two events by the Special Interest Group on Geriatric Emergency Medicine.

geriEM SIG meeting

  • Tuesday October 12th from 9.00am to 10.30am CEST
  • Everybody interested is invited to join thought the conference portal
  • During this meeting the GeriEM Posters will be presented

geriEM Symposium: Making impact in Geriatric Emergency Medicine across Europe: launch a series of guidelines

  • The symposium is available on demand & online for conference delegates

1. The why, how and what of European guidelines on Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Simon Mooijaart, The Netherlands
2. European guideline on Geriatric Emergency Medicine – Age and frailty adjusted risk stratification
Bas de Groot, The Netherlands
3. Official launch of the series of guidelines: next steps to create impact across Europe
Stephen Lim, UK

We look forward to seeing you!

Out now: Silver Book II

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Great news for Geriatric Emergency Medicine around the world: the Silver Book II is out now.

The Silver Book II (edited by Profs. Simon Conroy, Chris Carpenter and Jay Banerjee) was written by leading international experts in frailty, among whom many European physicians and nurses who are part of geriEMEurope. It is hosted by the British Geriatrics Society, addresses a wide range of urgent care issues specific to older people. Aimed at clinicians and other healthcare professionals working in emergency departments and urgent care, this updated resource is presented in a highly accessible digital format and is free of charge.

For more information please refer to the website of the BGS: click here.