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New partnership takes aim at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests

New partnership takes aim at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests

The NHS, British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Microsoft have joined forces to help save lives in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The groundbreaking partnership has the ambitious...
Competence makes thae difference in emergency medicine

Competence makes the difference in emergency medicine

Dr Roberta Petrino, president of the European Society for Emergency Medicine, shares with Health Europa her hopes for the inaugural Emergency Medicine Day. The European...
A&E: the canary in a changing world

A&E: the canary in a changing world

The A&E performance figures published this winter by NHS England were the worst since the four-hour target was introduced in 2004. Here, RCEM vice-president...
The psychiatric patient and the ED - the evolution of emergency psychiatry

The psychiatric patient and the ED

Marc Sabbe discusses the evolution of emergency psychiatry, highlighting issues such as deinstitutionalisation and cost containment. There is no doubt that the amount and intensity...
Disaster medicine: healthcare in a humanitarian crisis

Disaster medicine: healthcare in a humanitarian crisis

Health Europa looks at the work of Europe’s research centres in identifying what can be done to strengthen patient care and response in disaster...
Advanced care paramedics to be allowed to write prescriptions

Advanced care paramedics to be allowed to write prescriptions

Under new UK laws, advanced care paramedics will be allowed to prescribe medicines to patients who do not require hospital treatment. According to recent statistics,...
Health bosses say NHS cannot deliver required standards of care

Health bosses say NHS cannot deliver required standards of care

Increased cases of so-called ‘Aussie’ flu have put an immense strain on hospital staff, and the NHS budget is making it hard to provide...
Prepare yourself

Prepare yourself with the citizenAID™ app

In the aftermath of a terror attack, swift action by the public can save lives. citizenAID™’s Timothy J Hodgetts tells Health Europa Quarterly how. 22...
Department of Emergency Medicine

Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Brussels

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is an internationally orientated university in Belgium which, for more than 180 years, has been helping to build a better...
Emergency and Disaster Medicine Group

Disaster as a discipline

The Emergency and Disaster Medicine Group of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, asks how academia can help manage mass casualty situations. The Emergency and Disaster Medicine...
Mass casualty incidents can no longer be ignored

The professionals

The head of KU Leuven’s Unit of Emergency Medicine, Marc Sabbe, considers the reactions of medical professionals in terror attacks Mass casualty incidents can no...

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