Luis Garcia-Castrillo

Spain

Born 1951 (Spain)
Intensivist  as medical specialty
Doctor in Medicine, MD, PhD
Associated Professor
Cantabria University 

EM Positions

EMS (Prehospital System) Cantabria Community
Medical Director: 1999

Emergency Department University Hospital Marques Valdecilla
Chief  Director

University of Cantabria
EM Associated Professor 

Other Public Educational Positions 

Foundation Marques de Valdecilla. Centro de Estudios de Medicina de Urgencias (CEMU)
Director of Training Programs.
Master en “Clinical Epidemiology, and research design” 

Experience on international research projects
Founded EUC

EED
EMS Data-based Health Surveillance System
2002,

Sidartha
European Emergency Data-based Syndromic Surveillance System
2008
Project Leader

Eurodem
2017 

Design and implementation 

Training centers on Emergency Medicine:

  • Uruguay

FOCOEX
1994

  • Colombia,

TECHASSIST
Training centers on Disasters.

  • Colombia,

FOCOEX
TECHASSIST
1998

ED design and implementation

Hospital Laredo, Hospital Sierrallana. Hospital Valdecilla 

Other positions related with Research activities

Member Editorial Comities:

  • Emergencias.
  • International Journal of Medical Students.
  • Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Research Consultant University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla.
1989-1998.

Member of the National Commission of Research Applications, Spanish National Health System (FISS).1995-2013.

Scientific Secretary Spanish Emergency Medicine Society (2001-2008)

Vice president Spanish Emergency Medicine Society (2008-2012)

EuSEM Research Committee Chair (2012-2014)

EuSEM Vice president (2014-2017)

EUSEM  President Elected (2018)

EUSEM President (2019-2020)

EUSEM Past president (2021-2023)

Last four years publications (2020-2024) 

Saranto, Kaija. Chronaki, Catherine. Garcia-Castrillo Riesgo, Luis. Pape-Haugaard, Louise B. Mantas, John. (2020). New Scopes for Practice – Interdisciplinary Webinars for Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Informatics – Health Informatics.  Integrated Citizen Centered Digital Health and Social Care, 275, 187-191. 10.3233/SHTI200720.

Luis Garcia-Castrillo RiesgoLuis Garcia-Castrillo RiesgoR. PetrinoR. PetrinoRobert Leach, Marc SabbeMarc SabbeEuropean Society For Emergency Medicine position paper on emergency medical systems response to COVID-19April 2020European Journal of Emergency Medicine 27(3):1DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000701

Oene Van MeerGerben KeijzersGerben KeijzersJustina MotiejunaiteJustina Motiejunaite  Pablo GarmillaGet with the guidelines: management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in emergency departments in Europe and Australasia is sub‐optimal

February 2020 in press

Janina StepinskaMaddelena LettinoIngo AhrensIngo AhrensShow all 20 authorsKurt HubeDiagnosis and risk stratification of chest pain patients in the emergency department: focus on acute coronary syndromes. A position paper of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association January 2020European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care 9(1):204887261988534 DOI: 10.1177/2048872619885346

Harjola, P., Tarvasmäki, T., Barletta, C. et al. The emergency department arrival mode and its relations to ED management and 30-day mortality in acute heart failure: an ancillary analysis from the EURODEM study. BMC Emerg Med 22, 27 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00574-z

Garcia-Castrillo L, Petrino R, Leach R, et al. European Society For Emergency Medicine position paper on emergency medical systems’ response to COVID-19. Eur J Emerg Med. 2020;27(3):174-177. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000701

Petrino R, Riesgo LG, Yilmaz B. Burnout in emergency medicine professionals after 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: a threat to the healthcare system?. Eur J Emerg Med. 2022;29(4):279-284. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000952

Garcia-Castrillo Riesgo L, Lauwaert D, Cadamuro J, von Meyer A, Dodt C. The preanalytical process in the emergency department, a European survey. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2022;61(1):93-103. Published 2022 Oct 31. doi:10.1515/cclm-2022-0581

Petrino R, Tuunainen E, Bruzzone G, Garcia-Castrillo L. Patient safety in emergency departments: a problem for health care systems? An international survey. Eur J Emerg Med. 2023;30(4):280-286. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000001044

Garcia-Castrillo L, Cadamuro J, Dodt C, Lauwaert D, Hachimi-Idrissi S, Van Der Linden C, Bergs J, Costelloe S, Grossmann F, Koca A, Palomäki A, Ruiz JL, Stonys R, Thorsteinsdottir TK, von Meyer A, Vermeersch P, Abellas Alvarez MC, Eker P, Golea A, Kurland L, Lippi G, Zhilenkova Y, Sehmi K. Recommendations for blood sampling in emergency departments from the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM), European Society for Emergency Nursing (EuSEN), and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase. Executive summary. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2024 Apr 8. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2024-0059.