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| Associação Brasileira de Medicina de Emergência | |
|---|---|
| Name | Associação Brasileira de Medicina de Emergência |
| Formation | 1990s |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | São Paulo |
| Region served | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Leader title | President |
Associação Brasileira de Medicina de Emergência is a professional association representing physicians and healthcare professionals involved in acute care and emergency medicine in Brazil. The association engages with national and international institutions to develop clinical standards, coordinate educational programs, and advocate for trauma systems and prehospital care. It operates within a network of hospitals, universities, and public health agencies to influence policy and clinical practice.
The organization was founded in the 1990s amid contemporary movements in Latin America to formalize emergency medicine as a specialty, responding to trends seen in United States emergency medicine development and reforms in United Kingdom acute care. Early milestones included collaboration with academic centers such as the University of São Paulo, professional bodies like the Conselho Federal de Medicina, and international societies including the American College of Emergency Physicians and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. Regional consolidation involved partnerships with state medical councils, municipal health secretariats such as Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Paulo, and trauma centers modeled after Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.
The association's mission aligns with objectives advanced by organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization: to promote quality emergency care, standardize training, and reduce avoidable mortality from acute conditions. Objectives include establishing clinical guidelines comparable to those of the European Resuscitation Council, influencing policy akin to initiatives by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Sistema Único de Saúde, and fostering research similar to programs at the Clinica Mayo and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Governance reflects models used by professional societies including the Associação Médica Brasileira and the Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia. An executive board led by a president works with committees for education, research, ethics, and advocacy, analogous to structures in the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Regional chapters coordinate with state associations such as the Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado de São Paulo and teaching hospitals like Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.
Programs encompass clinical guideline development influenced by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, mass-casualty coordination comparable to exercises by the International Committee of the Red Cross, and public health initiatives in partnership with agencies like the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz and the Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia Carlos Alberto Vanzolini. The association organizes national conferences reminiscent of the Congresso Brasileiro de Medicina de Urgência e Emergência and workshops modeled after courses from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Educational activities include residency program accreditation comparable to processes at the Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões and structured courses such as advanced life support modeled on the American Heart Association and pediatric emergency training influenced by the Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria. Simulation-based training leverages partnerships with university simulation centers like those at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and offers certifications analogous to those from the European Board of Emergency Medicine.
The association promotes clinical research in areas intersecting with institutions such as the Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, multicenter trials comparable to collaborations with the National Institutes of Health, and epidemiological studies coordinated with the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. It disseminates findings through journals and proceedings analogous to the Revista Brasileira de Medicina, conference abstracts similar to those presented at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine, and guideline endorsements reflecting methods used by the Cochrane Collaboration.
Advocacy initiatives engage stakeholders including legislative bodies like the Congresso Nacional do Brasil, municipal administrations exemplified by the Prefeitura de São Paulo, and non-governmental organizations such as Médicos sem Fronteiras and the Cruz Vermelha Brasileira. International linkages include exchange programs with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and technical cooperation with the World Bank and the Pan American Health Organization to strengthen emergency care systems.
Category:Medical associations based in Brazil