Bridging specialities from scene to ICU

Each month, ESICM’s Topic of the Month brings together curated scientific content, expert interviews, and key resources from across our 15 specialist sections, helping you explore key themes in depth and stay at the forefront of ICU practice.

Because in a field that evolves as rapidly as ours, continuous learning is the foundation of better care for our patients.

This month, discover the Trauma and Emergency Medicine Section, led by Kevin Roedl, dedicated to advancing research, education, and clinical practice in trauma resuscitation and emergency medicine.

The section brings together physicians from across specialities involved in pre-hospital and in-hospital trauma care, fostering dialogue and collaboration to improve patient outcomes. From proposing clinical trials through the ESICM Trials Group to developing educational projects and shaping the trauma and emergency medicine programme at the annual LIVES congress, the section addresses some of the most pressing challenges in the field.

As trauma and emergency care demand rapid, multidisciplinary decision-making, this section aims to bridge specialities through collaboration, innovation, and scientific exchange — ensuring that critically ill and injured patients receive the best possible care from the scene to the ICU.

This month, we invite you to explore our featured scientific interview and curated resources, and to reflect on how integrated, multidisciplinary approaches to trauma and emergency medicine shape your daily clinical practice.

Because in trauma and emergency care, improving outcomes is not only about acting fast — it is about connecting the right expertise at every stage of the patient journey.

RESOURCES: 

 Webinars & Podcasts
🔹Critical care in the emergency department
🔹Dual Sequence Defibrillation, is it ready for prime time?
🔹AKI & Trauma
🔹Artesunate treatment in severely injured patients with traumatic haemorrhage

LIVE Top Talks
🔹Fluids, vasopressors and blood administration early in trauma care
🔹The use of NIRS in emergency care, it is worth it?

ICM Articles
🔹Influence of multiple trauma on the effect of transfusion strategies in patients with traumatic brain injury: a sub-study of the HEMOTION trial
🔹Critical care management of the patient with pharmaceutical poisoning
🔹Four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate in trauma patients

SCIENTIFIC INTERVIEW:

In this month’s scientific interview, Tobias Gauss (Grenoble, France) explores the thought-provoking question of whether AI in trauma care is still science fiction or an emerging reality. He discusses how artificial intelligence could transform the way we assess and manage trauma patients, examines where AI could have the greatest practical impact — from diagnosis to decision support and patient monitoring — and addresses the technical, ethical, and clinical barriers that still need to be overcome before AI becomes a trusted partner in trauma care.