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Author: Jannicke Mellin-Olsen It is no coincidence that the first stakeholder mentioned in the Heads of Agreement of the Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology (1) is patients:   “Patients have a right to expect to be safe and protected from harm during their medical care and anaesthesiology has a key role to play improving patient […]

Author: Benedikt Preckel In anaesthesiology – as in other medical specialities – we learn from what goes wrong. We register complaints, incidents and adverse events and try to learn from them and improve our management. This is most frequently called a Safety-I approach: clear guidelines and protocols have been developed to agree on unambiguous working […]

Authors: T.E. Martin, Ina Schmidt, Douglas Stevens A report on safety issues in aeromedical transport is included in this newsletter on different Patient Safety topics. This field of acute medicine is yet an under-researched area of medicine, and the medical staff has to deal with a series of patient safety issues. The report “Circling the […]

Authors: Daniel Arnal, Maria Wittmann “ChatGPT” is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based large language model (LLM) trained on massive text datasets in multiple languages with the ability to generate human-like responses to text input (1).   Developed since 2018 (2), the release of “ChatGPT” to the broader public in November 2022 (1) and its later dissemination seemed […]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  6 – 7 March 2023  Faculty:  Dr Daniel Arnal, Madrid, Spain  Prof. Dr Benedikt Preckel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands  Dr. Maria Lema Tome, Madrid, Spain In early 2023, we held the second edition of the ESAIC Advanced Patient Safety Course in Amsterdam. For the second time, this course was completely sold out. Amsterdam […]

Authors: Maria Wittmann, Gregor Massoth Patient safety is a paramount concern within healthcare systems, and its significance has to extend heavily into medical education. It is essential that patients could be protected from harm during their treatment and receive safe and high-quality care. The quality of healthcare delivery relies heavily on the competence, knowledge, and […]

Author: Gabriel M.Gurman, Chief Editor This was the sentence used almost 200 years ago in Boston, Mass Generre by Bill Morton in order to inform the surgeon, John C. Warren, that he could start operating on the first ether-anaesthetised patient in the written history. I have no doubt that Morton, saying this, did not refer […]

Authors: Daniel Arnal, Maria Wittmann The SAFEST project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe innovation programme under grant agreement No 101057825, aims to enhance patient safety in perioperative care, a crucial aspect of healthcare. Surgical-related adverse events significantly burden healthcare systems, and SAFEST aims to address this issue through standardised and evidence-based perioperative practices. […]

ESAIC signs the Berlin Declaration on Sepsis The ESAIC has joined the global movement to fight sepsis, a life-threatening condition affecting millions yearly. On 12 September 2023, we at the ESAIC, signed the 2030 World Sepsis Declaration, a document adopted by delegates and supporter organisations of the World Sepsis Day event 2023 in Berlin. The […]