Courses are offered by the USabcd and taking place in Aarhus or Copenhagen, Denmark. They are one day courses for anaesthesiologists, intensivists, emergency physicians, internal medicine physicians, surgeons, general practitioners. Dates: April 6 2016 USabcd course Basic FATE, Aarhus University…
The European Commission has launched the Science4Refugees initiative to help refugee scientists and researchers find suitable jobs that both improve their own situation and put their skills and experience to good use in Europe’s research system. Science4Refugees matches talented refugees…
This EU initiative is endorsed by ESICM! (here you can find evidence-based key messages and materials for different target audiences, including messages and template materials for medical doctors (hospital prescribers and primary care prescribers)) Patients in European intensive care units…
The last NAForum (Editor-in-Chief: Anne Berit Guttormsen) was published as a special issue covering many aspects of pediatric anaesthesia and critical care medicine. Articles are written by senior Scandinavian experts and are meant to inform and help the general anaesthesiologist…
Some important studies were published under the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine congress LIVES 2015 held in Berlin during the first week of October. Please find here an overview of these studies: JAMA: Buffered Crystalloid vs Saline and Acute Kidney…
The non-profit organization Global sepsis alliance (an alliance of several other non-profit organizations like WFSICCM) announces a call for action to raise public and professional awareness of sepsis and to increase survival. Please find more information here. You can sign the…
Today (26/8-15), ESICM provided proof that the issue of potential cyber attack of the provider of the website is solved. You can therefore use esicm.org as usual and especially the registration site for the congress! Message to the Norwegian…
ESPA has formed an online expert panel that is using DefinitiveDx to improve the anaesthetic care of sick children around the world. SSAI members can actively contribute. DefinitiveDx is the new way for doctors to share and discuss complex patient…
The Scandinavian Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) has asked the task force on pre-hospital airway management to update the guidelines originally published in 2008 [1]. The group will systematically identify and incorporate evidence into the revised guideline…
Thank you for your attendance at the 33rd SSAI conference! 1000+ attendees, fantastic program and hosts – many thanks to the Icelandic anaesthesiologists! Read what attendees have commented on twitter with #SSAI2015! We are looking forward to Malmø, Sweden in 2017…