About the
ESAIC

The ESAIC is dedicated to supporting professionals in anaesthesiology and intensive care by serving as the hub for development and dissemination of valuable educational, scientific, research, and networking resources.

• Leadership: To be the leading European organisation for members and national societies for anaesthesiology, intensive care, pain and perioperative medicine, advocate for the vital role of anaesthesiologists in perioperative medicine and collaborate with institutional stakeholders to improve patient care in this field.
• Policy Engagement: To actively engage with policy leaders within the European Union of anaesthesiology and intensive care, fostering exchange and participate in the decision-making.
• Patient Safety: To promote the professional role of anaesthesiologists and enhance perioperative patient outcomes through a focus on quality of care and patient safety strategies. The Society is committed to implementing the Helsinki Declaration and leading patient safety projects.
• Environmental Sustainability: To implement the Glasgow Declaration and drive initiatives towards greater environmental sustainability within European anaesthesiology and intensive care.
• Training, Education, and Professional Exams: To promote and deliver high-quality training and education at ESAIC. We ensure the provision of robust and standardised examination and certification systems to support the professional development of anaesthesiologists to continuously enhance our exams and knowledge, ensuring the production of top-quality future doctors in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care.
• Research, Clinical Trials and Big Data: We actively engage in research projects through the Clinical Trial Network and the Academic A-CRO, harnessing the collective knowledge and resources of the ESAIC network. Through these efforts, we aim to advance patient outcomes and contribute to the progress of anaesthesiology and intensive care practices. Building upon structures established during the COVID-19 pandemic, we aim to be well-prepared for future pandemics, particularly in the ICU setting. We work towards harnessing the potential of data in anaesthesiology and intensive care, and leveraging it to improve our knowledge and inform evidence-based practices.

In the long term, the ESAIC has as its main strategic objectives to: 

• Promote the professional role of anaesthesiologists, to improve perioperative patient outcomes by focusing on the quality of care and patient safety strategy.
• Implement the Helsinki Declaration and lead Patient Safety projects.
• Implement the Glasgow Declaration to achieve greater environmental sustainability across European anaesthesiology and intensive care.
• Promote and provide high-quality training and education, endorsed by a robust and uniform system of examination and certification.
• Develop research projects through the Clinical Trial Network and the Academic A-CRO, To promote the role of anaesthesiologists in perioperative medicine with institutional stakeholders.
• Using research, clinical trials and the ESAIC network of knowledge in the peri-operative setting to promote better patient outcome.
• Using structures established during COVID-19 to be prepared for future pandemics, in particular in the ICU setting.
• Continuously improve our exams and knowledge to provide the best future doctors in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care.
• Exchange with policy leaders within the EUP.
• Utilise big data in anaesthesiology and intensive care to enhance our understanding in anaesthesiology, intensive care, pain management, and perioperative medicine.

The Organisation has a Policy of promoting continual improvement and setting of Quality Objectives in line with the framework laid down within the ISO 9001:2015 Standard. These objectives will address the risks and opportunities within the Organisation as determined by the Management of ESAIC.

• 2022
• 2023