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A structured approach to more sustainable practices Climate change is an existential threat to healthcare and life itself on the planet. It is vital that everyone takes action to mitigate this process. The ESAIC has been at the forefront of addressing these environmental challenges signing the Glasgow Declaration in 20231 and publishing the 4-scope guidance […]

Beginning in January 2025, the project partners will include more than 500 patients across multiple centres in a prospective observational clinical study. The study will focus on collecting data from patients throughout their entire ICU stay and beyond, tracking key metrics such as ventilator-free days, and survival rates. The study will include patients with acute […]

Enhancing Palliative Care in the ICU The EPIC consortium gathered in Prague on 23-24 January 2025, marking one year since the project’s kick-off meeting. Partners convened to share progress, discuss milestones, and outline future steps in the mission to integrate palliative care into intensive care units (ICUs) across Europe. Progress Across Work Packages Harmonising Palliative […]

The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) joins the global medical community in mourning the passing of Professor Luciano Gattinoni, an extraordinary figure with a brilliant visionary mind whose innovative contributions and ground-breaking research have fundamentally revolutionised critically ill patient care and shaped modern intensive-care medicine. Born in Milan in January 12 1945, […]

Our journey in sharing knowledge and inspiring educators.  The Beginnings The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) Train the Trainer (TTT) course is a development of a previous one run by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) called ISIA (International School of Instructors in Anaesthesia). Professor Gabbi Gurman developed this as […]

Article review on the impact of female sex on awareness, depth and emergence study  Accidental awareness under anaesthesia (AAGA) is a nightmare not only for the patients but also for the anaesthetist and hospital. Accidental awareness and subsequent post-operative recall are estimated at approximately 0.1%-0.2%, with higher in obstetric cases (0.4%)¹. Despite its low incidence, […]

ESAIC Members Speak Out on 2024 Education Trend It is amazing for us at ESAIC to have such great members, and we are always happy to hear from them. So, last Spring the ESAIC Education and Training Committee launched a grand survey. It is an expedition into the minds of anaesthesiologists, intensivists, trainees, and others […]

Did you know that a style of yoga is practised in a room at 40°C (104°F) with 40-50% humidity for 90 minutes? If you did not know this, and you are surprised or even shocked to hear about Hot Yoga for the first time, you have the same reaction as I did when I learned […]

The EQUIP Project about quality indicators promoted by National Anaesthesiologists in Europe has been published.1 Perioperative patient safety and quality are widely recognised priorities, but preventable perioperative patient harm continues to be reported.2-4 To address this issue, it is important to routinely monitor the quality of perioperative care.5 However, there is currently no generally accepted […]