Emergency medicine guidelines, 2025-26
102 Emergency medicine guidelines, consensus and position statements from 2025 and 2026, newest first. Every entry links to the publisher's own page, and 40 can be downloaded here as PDFs.
Emergency medicine 102
- Acute heart failure in emergency settings
European Heart Journal, Oct 2026 · Publisher page - Management of shift work disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Oct 2026 · Publisher page - Unscheduled Procedural Sedation Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Guidelines, Part 1: Principles, Oversight, and Quality Monitoring: Approved by the ACEP Board of Directors, April 29, 2026
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Sep 2026 · Publisher page - Unscheduled Procedural Sedation Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Guidelines, Part 2: Clinical Practice: Approved by the ACEP Board of Directors, April 29, 2026
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Sep 2026 · Publisher page - Chinese expert consensus on tetanus prophylaxis in major trauma (2026 Edition)
Chinese Journal of Traumatology = Zhonghua Chuang Shang Za Zhi, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Clinical practice on treatment of primary traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation: a multidisciplinary guideline
Acta Orthopaedica, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Emergency Department Evaluation and Care of Hepatic Encephalopathy: ACEP Expert Panel Recommendations
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Guideline on the emergency management of critical bleeding in patients with immune thrombocytopenia
Blood Advances, Aug 2026 · Publisher page - Singapore Advanced Cardiac Life Support Guidelines 2026
Singapore Medical Journal, Jul 2026 · Publisher page - Singapore Basic Cardiac Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation Guidelines 2026
Singapore Medical Journal, Jul 2026 · Publisher page - Helicopter emergency medical services for interfacility transfers: an Italian expert consensus
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Jun 2026 · Publisher page - Management of patients with suspected but unidentified poisoning in the emergency department: a joint Royal College of Emergency Medicine and National Poisons Information Service best practice guideline
Emergency Medicine Journal, Jun 2026 · Publisher page - Resuscitative thoracotomy in traumatic cardiac arrest : Multisociety consensus recommendations for settings with a low prevalence of penetrating injuries
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, Jun 2026 · Publisher page - Transport and destination hospital for patients with suspected multiple and/or severe injuries - a systematic review and clinical practice guideline update
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Jun 2026 · Publisher page - 2025 Korean Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Part 10. Education and system implementation for enhanced chain of survival
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, May 2026 · Publisher page - Embracing technology to improve peripheral intravenous access and care: A consensus statement from vascular access experts and patients
The Journal of Vascular Access, May 2026 · Publisher page - Indications, contraindications, and step-by-step methodology for performing carotid sinus massage in patients presenting with syncope : A scientific statement of an Ad Hoc Syncope Consortium endorsed by: the European Autonomic Society (EFAS), Gruppo Italiano Multidisciplinare Syncope (GIMSI) and European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS)
Clinical Autonomic Research, May 2026 · Publisher page - Optimizing Radiography Utilization: Multidisciplinary Expert Consensus Recommendations Endorsed by the Society of Academic Bone Radiologists, Society of Skeletal Radiology, American Society of Emergency Radiology, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and American Rhinologic Society
Radiology, May 2026 · Publisher page - Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care: Second Edition (2026)
World Journal of Surgery, Apr 2026 · Publisher page - 10 Steps to Improve Sepsis Care in Low-Resource Settings
Critical Care Medicine, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - 2026 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ACEP/CHEST/SCAI/SHM/SIR/SVM/SVN Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Circulation, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis: 2025 Edition of the World Society of Emergency Surgery Jerusalem Guidelines
JAMA Surgery, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Recommendations from the Clinical Toxicology Recommendations Collaborative on the administration of activated charcoal in acute oral overdose
Clinical Toxicology, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - Updated European Society for Emergency Medicine Guidelines for acute pain management in emergency departments and prehospital care
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, Mar 2026 · Publisher page - 2026 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Guideline-at-a-Glance
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Major Blunt Trauma: Update 2025
Journal of the American College of Radiology, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Minor Blunt Trauma
Journal of the American College of Radiology, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Chinese expert consensus on the prehospital management of major trauma
Chinese Journal of Traumatology = Zhonghua Chuang Shang Za Zhi, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Choosing Wisely Canada recommendations for point of care testing utilization in the acute care setting: Expert-based Delphi consensus from the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
Clinical Biochemistry, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Defining the need for analgesia in the emergency department: an international consensus statement
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Executive Summary of the 2024 Philippine Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Severe Blood Pressure Elevation
Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement
Pediatrics, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - Recommendations of the GT-LATINFURG for the identification and initial management of patients with severe infection and sepsis in emergency departments
Emergencias, Feb 2026 · Publisher page - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Ingested or Aspirated Foreign Body-Child
Journal of the American College of Radiology, Jan 2026 · Publisher page - Cardiac arrest in adult patients following burn injury: a scoping review with expert recommendations on management
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Jan 2026 · Publisher page - Crowding, Boarding, and Patient Throughput in the Emergency Department
Journal of Emergency Nursing, Jan 2026 · Publisher page - Guidelines 2024: Emergency intubation of an adult outside the operating room and intensive care unit
Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Jan 2026 · Publisher page - Guidelines for the Initial Assessment of Respiratory Distress in the Emergency Department
Annals of Intensive Care, 2026 · Publisher page - Suspected cancer: recognition and referral
NICE, 2026 · Publisher page - 2025 guideline update to acute treatment of migraine for adults in the emergency department: The American Headache Society evidence assessment of parenteral pharmacotherapies
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, Dec 2025 · Publisher page - Epinephrine and emergency medical services activation recommendations during acute allergic reactions in community settings: International consensus report
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Dec 2025 · Publisher page - Evidence-based risk stratification of patients with acute pulmonary embolism: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Predictive and Diagnostic Variables in Thrombotic Disease
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Dec 2025 · Publisher page - Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) Blast Injury Clinical Practice Guideline: Ocular Trauma
World Journal of Surgery, Dec 2025 · Publisher page - Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) Clinical Practice Guideline: Resuscitation of Pediatric Blast Injury Patient
World Journal of Surgery, Dec 2025 · Publisher page - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Left Upper Quadrant Pain
Journal of the American College of Radiology, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Journal of the American College of Radiology, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - Management of acute intoxication with carbon monoxide - Polish Medical Society, Section of Clinical Toxicology position statement
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - Prehospital coagulation management and fluid replacement therapy in patients with multiple and/or severe injuries - A systematic review and clinical practice guideline update
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - QT interval prolongation in acute antipsychotic poisoning: systematic review and recommendations
Clinical Toxicology, Nov 2025 · Publisher page - Advanced Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Basic Life Support: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Adult Advanced Life Support
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Adult Basic Life Support
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Ethics in Resuscitation
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Executive Summary
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 First Aid
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Special Circumstances in Resuscitation
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 System Saving Lives
Resuscitation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - GRADE-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Emergency Department Delirium Risk Stratification, Screening, and Brain Imaging in Older Patients With Suspected Delirium
Academic Emergency Medicine, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 10: Adult and Pediatric Special Circumstances of Resuscitation: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 1: Executive Summary: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 2: Evidence Evaluation and Guidelines Development: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 3: Ethics: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 4: Systems of Care: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 7: Adult Basic Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Circulation, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Thoracic trauma WSES-AAST guidelines
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Oct 2025 · Publisher page - Acute Care of Patients with Moderate Respiratory Distress: Recommendations from an American College of Emergency Physicians Expert Panel
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - CAEP Acute Heart Failure Best Practices Checklist
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - Emergency Nurses Association Position Statement: Palliative and End-of-Life Care in the Emergency Setting
Journal of Emergency Nursing, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - Mode of transport and prehospital interventions in urban penetrating trauma: A systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - The use of tranexamic acid in the management of injured patients at risk of hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis and an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Practice Management Guideline
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Sep 2025 · Publisher page - Clinical guidelines for acute poisonings in low- and middle-income countries
Tropical Doctor, Aug 2025 · Publisher page - Tranexamic acid in trauma: A joint position statement and resource document of NAEMSP, ACEP, and ACS-COT
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Aug 2025 · Publisher page - ENA Clinical Practice Guideline Synopsis: Interventions to Reduce Needle-Related Pain and Distress in Pediatric Patients
Journal of Emergency Nursing, Jul 2025 · Publisher page - The Role of the Nurses in the Use of Intraosseous Vascular Access Devices
Journal of Emergency Nursing, Jul 2025 · Publisher page - Anticoagulant management in Emergency settings: 2024 guidelines from the French Society of Emergency Medicine (SFMU), the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR), the French Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (SFTH) and the French Working Group on Perioperative Haemostasis (GIHP), endorsed by the French Neurovascular Society
Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - Criteria for home treatment of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (the Emergency Advisory and Research international board on Thrombosis and Hemostasis EARTH - rule): an international Delphi consensus study
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - Inhospital coagulation management and fluid replacement therapy in patients with multiple and/or severe injuries - a systematic review and clinical practice guideline update
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - Post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual assault victim-survivors: Guidelines and best practices
South African Family Practice, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - Prioritizing circulation over airway to improve survival in trauma patients with exsanguinating injuries: a world society of emergency surgery-panamerican trauma consensus statement
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guideline on Care of Burns in the Wilderness
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, Jun 2025 · Publisher page - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Hip Pain: 2024 Update
Journal of the American College of Radiology, May 2025 · Publisher page - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Spinal Trauma: 2024 Update
Journal of the American College of Radiology, May 2025 · Publisher page - Blood-Based Biomarkers for Improved Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations from the 2024 National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke Traumatic Brain Injury Classification and Nomenclature Initiative Blood-Based Biomarkers Working Group
Journal of Neurotrauma, May 2025 · Publisher page - Clinical Assessment on Days 1-14 for the Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations from the 2024 NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Classification and Nomenclature Initiative Clinical/Symptoms Working Group
Journal of Neurotrauma, May 2025 · Publisher page - Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care: consensus statement on the prehospital management of exertional heat illness
Emergency Medicine Journal, May 2025 · Publisher page - Neuroimaging Characterization of Acute Traumatic Brain Injury with Focus on Frontline Clinicians: Recommendations from the 2024 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Traumatic Brain Injury Classification and Nomenclature Initiative Imaging Working Group
Journal of Neurotrauma, May 2025 · Publisher page - Trauma in pregnancy: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, May 2025 · Publisher page - ESTES recommendations for the treatment of polytrauma-a European consensus based on the German S3 guidelines for the treatment of patients with severe/multiple injuries
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Apr 2025 · Publisher page - Imaging strategies for patients with multiple and/or severe injuries in the resuscitation room: a systematic review and clinical practice guideline update
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Apr 2025 · Publisher page - Care of patients with obesity in the Emergency Department: a joint position statement from the Brazilian Association of Emergency Medicine (ABRAMEDE) and the Brazilian Association for the Study of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (ABESO)
Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - Criteria for trauma team activation and staffing requirements for the management of patients with (suspected) multiple and/or severe injuries in the resuscitation room- a systematic review and clinical practice guideline update
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - GRADE-based procalcitonin guideline for emergency departments
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - Out-of-hospital assessment and triage of paracetamol (acetaminophen) exposure in the United States and Canada: a consensus guideline
Clinical Toxicology, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - Paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoning; consensus definitions of poisoning types and outcomes to be used in the clinical toxicology recommendations collaborative systematic review
Clinical Toxicology, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - Prehospital Management of Adults With Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Circulatory Arrest-A Joint Position Statement
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Mar 2025 · Publisher page - Stop the bleed " - Prehospital bleeding control in patients with multiple and/or severe injuries - A systematic review and clinical practice guideline - A systematic review and clinical practice guideline
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Feb 2025 · Publisher page - Anaphylaxis definition, overview, and clinical support tool: 2024 consensus report-a GA2LEN project
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Jan 2025 · Publisher page - Extrication following a motor vehicle collision: a consensus statement on behalf of The Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Jan 2025 · Publisher page - Management of mass casualty incidents: a systematic review and clinical practice guideline update
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Jan 2025 · Publisher page - Suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over: recognition, assessment and early management
NICE, 2025 · Publisher page