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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.


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Congresses

The ESAIC hosts the Euroanaesthesia congresses that serve as platforms for cutting-edge science and innovation in the field. These events bring together experts, foster networking, and facilitate knowledge exchange in anaesthesiology, intensive care, pain management, and perioperative medicine. Euroanaesthesia is one of the world’s largest and most influential scientific congresses for anaesthesia professionals. Held annually throughout Europe, our congress is a contemporary event geared towards education, knowledge exchange and innovation in anaesthesia, intensive care, pain and perioperative medicine, as well as a platform for immense international visibility for scientific research.


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Professional Growth

The ESAIC's mission is to foster and provide exceptional training and educational opportunities. The ESAIC ensures the provision of robust and standardised examination and certification systems to support the professional development of anaesthesiologists and to ensure outstanding future doctors in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care.


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Research

The ESAIC aims to advance patient outcomes and contribute to the progress of anaesthesiology and intensive care evidence-based practice through research. The ESAIC Clinical Trial Network (CTN), the Research Groups and Grants all contribute to the knowledge and clinical advances in the peri-operative setting.


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EU Projects

The ESAIC is actively involved as a consortium member in numerous EU funded projects. Together with healthcare leaders and practitioners, the ESAIC's involvement as an EU project partner is another way that it is improving patient outcomes and ensuring the best care for every patient.


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Sustainability

The ESAIC is committed to implementing the Glasgow Declaration and drive initiatives towards greater environmental sustainability across anaesthesiology and intensive care in Europe.


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Partnerships

The ESAIC works in collaboration with industry, national societies, and specialist societies to promote advancements in anaesthesia and intensive care. The Industry Partnership offers visibility and engagement opportunities for industry participants with ESAIC members, facilitating understanding of specific needs in anaesthesiology and in intensive care. This partnership provides resources for education and avenues for collaborative projects enhancing science, education, and patient safety. The Specialist Societies contribute to high-quality educational opportunities for European anaesthesiologists and intensivists, fostering discussion and sharing, while the National Societies, through NASC, maintain standards, promote events and courses, and facilitate connections. All partnerships collectively drive dialogue, learning, and growth in the anaesthesiology and intensive care sector.


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Guidelines

Guidelines play a crucial role in delivering evidence-based recommendations to healthcare professionals. Within the fields of anaesthesia and intensive care, guidelines are instrumental in standardizing clinical practices and enhancing patient outcomes. For many years, the ESAIC has served as a pivotal platform for facilitating continuous advancements, improving care standards and harmonising clinical management practices across Europe.


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Publications

With over 40 years of publication history, the EJA (European Journal of Anaesthesiology) has established itself as a highly respected and influential journal in its field. It covers a wide range of topics related to anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine, including perioperative medicine, pain management, critical care, resuscitation, and patient safety.


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Membership

Becoming a member of ESAIC implies becoming a part of a vibrant community of nearly 8,000 professionals who exchange best practices and stay updated on the latest developments in anaesthesiology, intensive care and perioperative medicine. ESAIC membership equips you with the tools and resources necessary to enhance your daily professional routine, nurture your career growth, and play an active role in advancing anaesthesiology, intensive care and perioperative medicine.


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06 April 2021
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Make the difference and improve the quality of care: introducing a Master’s in Perioperative Care of Older Patients

Authors: Gabriella Bettelli MSc, Scientific Coordinator, 2nd L Master in Perioperative Geriatric Medicine, San Marino University gabriella.bettelli@unirsm.sm Antonio Crucitti MSc, Associate Professor of Surgery, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome antonio.crucitti@unicatt.it     Demographic changes occurred in recent years and the consequent expansion in the number of older patients who need surgical care has produced […]
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06 April 2021
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Sharing experiences and knowledge is the most important skill of a great leader – lessons from TEP

Mihai Botea – University of Oradea – Pelican Clinic Hospital, Romania drmob78@yahoo.com   “If you want to teach someone you will not teach what you want, you will not teach what you know, you will teach what you are.” said the German doctor and philosopher Albert Schweitzer. The Training Exchange Program could also take another […]
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06 April 2021
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To overcome the present and to be ready for the future

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 […]
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06 April 2021
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Update on the activities of the ESAIC Trainees Committee

  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 […]
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26 March 2021
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The NECTARINE study

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 […]
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26 March 2021
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ESAIC Gender Equity Committee – Call to action

  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 […]
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01 March 2021
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The art of swimming in a sea of restrictions

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 […]
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01 March 2021
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A TEP Report: March 2021

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 […]
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01 March 2021
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Difficulties in treating patients in a non-COVID-19 orthopaedic hospital

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 […]
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