The state of emergency medicine in Greece: at critical momentum.

Emergency medicine development Greece

Journal

International journal of emergency medicine
ISSN: 1865-1372
Titre abrégé: Int J Emerg Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101469435

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 08 12 2023
accepted: 17 03 2024
medline: 3 4 2024
pubmed: 3 4 2024
entrez: 2 4 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Greece is a parliamentary republic in southeastern Europe populated by over 10 million permanent residents: 9 million reside on the mainland, with almost 4 million in the greater Athens area. The remaining 1 million populate the over 1200 Greek islands. In addition, more than 160,000 asylum-seekers reached Greece in 2022, and more than 25 million tourists have visited Greece in the last two years. Modern Greek Emergency Medicine (EM) is now in its 4

Identifiants

pubmed: 38566013
doi: 10.1186/s12245-024-00622-4
pii: 10.1186/s12245-024-00622-4
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

46

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Dimitrios Tsiftsis (D)

Emergency Department, Nikaia General Hospital, D. Mantouvalou 3, Nikaia, 18454, Greece. deltatangogr@yahoo.com.

Andrew Ulrich (A)

Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 464 Congress Avenue, Suite 260, New Haven, CT, USA.

George Notas (G)

University of Crete School of Medicine and University Hospital of Heraklion, 13 Andrea Kalokairinou Str., Heraklion, 71500, Greece.

Anna Patrikakou (A)

2nd Regional Health Authority of Piraeus and the Aegean, Thivon 196, Agios Ioannis Rentis, 18233, Greece.

Eleanor Reid (E)

Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 464 Congress Avenue, Suite 260, New Haven, CT, USA.

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