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Gabriel M. Gurman, Chief editor gurman@bgu.ac.il   There is no doubt that we have not been prepared for the current situation. The COVID19 pandemic found us not ready at all to take care of all the critically ill patients who are still brought, in huge numbers, to our hospitals and who badly need intensive care […]

  trainees-committee@esaic.org   The mission of the ESAIC Trainees Committee (ESAICTC) is to establish a network between the approximately 22.000 European Anaesthesiology Trainees (the ESAIC Trainee Network (ESAICTN)), from the countries represented in the ESAIC Council and National Anaesthesiologists Societies Committee (NASC) and to strengthen their visibility within the Society. The team is organised in […]

Nicola Disma nicoladisma@gmail.com   The results of NECTARINE, a CTN granted in 2015 by ESAIC, are finally published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia. Two sister publications, both on the principal outcome, have been accepted for publication in the BJA: one on critical events and risk factors, the second on difficult tracheal intubation. NECTARINE CTN […]

  To all members of our profession, to join forces in achieving gender equity and equality in the European Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical care is delivered by women, but it is still run by men by the disproportion of leadership positions. Anaesthesia and intensive care are no different. There is a need for equal […]

Gabriel M. Gurman, MD Chief Editor gurman@bgu.ac.il     This new year, 2021, did not bring any significant improvement regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the main tasks of healthcare providers. In most countries, the number of infected patients constantly increases, as well as of those in need of heroic treatment, such as […]

Gabriela Goncalves Gabrielasofia@hotmail.com Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Portugal As a native French speaker and having paediatric anaesthesia as one of my main areas of interest in the field of anaesthesiology, the option to perform the ESA Trainee Exchange Program (TEP) at the Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant (HFME), in Lyon, seemed an obvious choice. It combined the possibility […]

Adela Hilda Onutu Orthopaedic and Trauma Clinic, Emergency County Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania adelaonutu@gmail.com The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to significant changes in our professional activity, by modifying our routine decisions regarding each patient. This becomes obvious when the hospital is dedicated to one single speciality, like orthopaedic surgery. Due to this specific profile, access to all […]

Bernardo Matias, Albert de Bettignies, Andrew Grech, Anne Blank, Christopher Blacker, Dora Karmelic, Elena Gjorchevska, Eva Klabusayova, Nadine van Veenendaal, Olivier Duranteau, Tamara Skrisovska ESAIC Trainees Committee Chair, Members and Trainee Representatives trainees-committee@esaic.org Since 2018 the ESAIC Trainees Committee has Trainee Representatives in additional ESAIC Committees and after a first trial period, that evaluated their […]

Dr Inês Valdoleiros Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal inesvaldoleiros@gmail.com   Having recently finished my training in anaesthesia in Portugal, after several years of dedicated study and hard work, I still felt like there was a lot to learn. That is one of the pivotal things about being a doctor – and anaesthesia, of […]