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)