Members and collaborators of the the European Taskforce on Geriatric Emergency Medicine have just returned from Rome, where the World Academic Congress on Emergency Medicine 2024 included two full days of GeriEM symposia and workshops.

Highlights included keynote presentations by Shan Liu on the Geriatric Emergency Department and Daniele Giudici on the role and critical importance of Clinical Pharmacy in GeriEM. Lorenz Van der Linden led an engaging workshop on medication reconciliation and deprescribing.

Congratulations to all involved, and thank you to the organisers for recognising GeriEM and Clinical Pharmacy in the programme.

Members of the European Taskforce on Geriatric Emergency Medicine (ETGEM) have produced a brand new e-course on Palliative Care in the Emergency Department.

Participants on this free e-course are able to access a programme of recorded lectures, podcasts, and guided reflective practice. On completion, participants will receive a certificate for 5 accredited CME points.

The e-course is hosted on the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Academy platform and is free to access: https://academy.eusem.org/course/view.php?id=3

Following Saturday’s train-the-trainer, on Sunday we enjoyed a hugely successful GeriEM bootcamp attended by 24 delegates from Europe and Australasia.

Two main auditorium symposia have followed, including ‘When the guidelines don’t fit’ by experts Drs Martina Pavletić, Peter Vanbrabant, Stephen Lim, Veronika Wunderlich-Sperl, and Thomas Dreher-Hummel.

Hello from Copenhagen!

We have had a great start to EUSEM Congress 2024 with our full-day Geriatric Emergency Medicine: Train-The-Trainer course. Graduates of last year’s course have delivered disseminated GeriEM training as far afield as Taipei and Kuala Lumpar, and we cannot wait to hear updates from this year’s cohort.

Our full programme of GeriEM activities continues tomorrow morning with our half-day bootcamp course, before symposia tomorrow and Monday, and our section meeting on Tuesday.

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

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

Prior to the cross-sectional recruitment described in the headline FEED study, a survey of operational characteristics was undertaken. Here we report service structure and variation across centres in Europe: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-024-01234-w

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

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!

During the International Conference on Emergency Medicine 2018 in Mexico City (June 6th – 9th), the European Task Force on geriEM will actively  contribute to the Geriatric Emergency Medicine track:

Wednesday June 6th (Room 4, 14:00 hrs)

• Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Geriatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department and the Role of Clinicians (Sushen Sun, USA)
• Trauma in the Older Adult: when everything is life or death (Alejandro Moya, Costa Rica)
• Depression in Older ED Patients: What it looks like and how to find it (Ian Sammy, UK)
• Frailty in the ED (Diana N. Lemus Galván, Mexico)
• The 10 commandments of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (Christian Nickel, Switzerland; Simon Mooijaart, the Netherlands; Jacinta Lucke, the Netherlands; European Task Force GeriEM)

Thursday June 7th (Room 4, 14.15 hrs)

• Developing International Standards for the Care of Older People in Emergency Departments (Brittany Ellis, Canada; Don Melady, Canada; Simon Mooijaart, the Netherlands, European Task Force geriEM)
• Moving Towards Integrated Emergency Care – First Steps (Judy Lowthian, Australia; Peter Cameron, Australia)
• Addressing the Challenge of Appropriate Triage Prioritization in Older ED Patients (Micheal Bullard, Canada)
• Implementation of a Geriatric EM curriculum for year sixth medical students in Thailand (Jiraporn Sri-On, Thailand)
• Accrediting Geriatric EDs: Launching the accreditation system (Kevin Biese, USA; Chris Carpenter, USA; Don Melady, Canada)