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The Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) is committed to improving the worldwide delivery of emergency medical care.
Scenes from the @pennglobalem.bsky.social Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course!

BEC, developed by @who.int, International Federation of Emergency Medicine and @icrc.org, teaches a systematic approach to address injury, altered mental status, difficulty breathing and shock

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May 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations to Derek Lubetkin at MaineHealth for receiving the SAEM/GEMA research grant for his project "Understanding Barriers and Opportunities of a Rural Nepal Police-Based Basic Life Support Program," which will pilot hands-only CPR and choking first-aid for frontline responders.
April 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Congrats to Dr. Walid Farooqi at @weillcornell.bsky.social for receiving the SAEM/GEMA research grant for his project, "Analyzing Bystander Intervention for Cardiac Arrest in a Low-Middle Income Country," which aims to understand the impact of a program to improve bystander intervention in Pakistan.
April 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The 18th edition of the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) highlights the top global #emergencymedicine research from 2023, noting an increase in high-quality global EM studies.

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Link to study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#Emergencymedicine is expanding worldwide! A new survey of ACEP ambassadors across 69 countries shows 91% now recognize EM as a specialty, with over 113K EM-trained physicians serving 6B+ people. Growth in training & professionalization continues!

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April 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM