Written by INDUS MED NEWS 5 May, 2026 7:43 pm .
EM Delhi 2026 marked a landmark moment for Emergency Medicine in the National Capital Region: the State Chapter Conference of the Emergency Medicine Association in National Capital Region of Delhi. Jointly organized by the Department of Emergency Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, the meeting brought together postgraduate trainees, faculty, nurses, and emergency care teams around one central theme: creating a resuscitation-ready emergency department.
Over the last five years, more than 100 MD/DNB Emergency Medicine seats have been recognized and started across institutions and hospitals in North India. EM Delhi 2026 connected postgraduate students and faculty across the region, create a Delhi-based academic forum for Emergency Medicine, and encourage structured learning through workshops, case-based discussions, simulation, poster presentations, and theme-based CME sessions. The conference was planned not merely as a two-day event, but as a statement that Emergency Medicine in Delhi and North India is ready to organize, collaborate, teach, innovate, and lead.
Five days before the conference, the organizing team conducted a National Online Emergency Medicine Quiz. This was one of the most energetic academic activities linked to the conference and required substantial planning, technical expertise for online mode, coordination, question design, online logistics, and real-time monitoring. The quiz brought together participants from different institutions and gave postgraduate trainees an opportunity to test their knowledge in a competitive but educational format.
The conference was inaugurated in the gracious presence of Dr Sarita Beri, Director, Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), Organizing Chairperson Prof Sanjay Kumar, Prof & Head of Emergency at LHMC and Organizing Secretary Dr Akshay Kumar, Additional Professor, EM at AIIMS New Delhi. The opening set the tone for two days of active learning, cross-institutional collaboration, and commitment to strengthening acute care systems.
Five workshops were conducted during the day, with more than 200 candidates registered across the workshop tracks. The Advanced Airway Workshop was led by Dr Akshay Kumar along with Dr Sakshi Yadav and faculty facilitators. A special highlight was the teaching of surgical cricothyroidotomy on an indigenously developed model.
The Trauma 360 workshop was led by Dr Ankit Sahu and his team. They used a station-based format to reinforce the first principles of trauma care. Six parallel stations covered initial assessment of the trauma patient, splint application, bleeding control, intercostal drain insertion on an indigenously developed model, interosseous needle insertion, and other high-yield emergency procedures.
The ECG workshop was led by Dr Prakash Mishra along with Dr Soorya Suresh. It focused on dangerous ECG patterns that must be recognized rapidly in the emergency department.
The Triage Workshop for Nurses was led by the nurse’s team of AIIMS Trauma Center including Shakuntala, Geeta Sinha, Saranya and Dr Bhoomi Motwani. The workshop highlighted the critical role of nursing teams in identifying the sickest patients early and maintaining patient flow in a busy emergency department.
The Point-of-Care Ultrasound workshop was led by Dr Bharath Gopinath and his team and emphasized bedside imaging as an extension of clinical examination in the ED.
A Continuing Medical Education program around the theme “Resuscitation-Ready Emergency Department.” The day began with a special session on the 20-year journey of INDUSEM, shared by Prof Bhoi. This session placed the conference in historical perspective and reminded participants that academic Emergency Medicine in India has been built through sustained vision, mentorship, advocacy, and institution-building.
The scientific program was divided into four broad themes: Building a Resus Ready ED, Zero Fail Airway, Challenging Resus Scenarios, Live Simulation on Stage, and Catch Your Breath.
This theme addressed the systems required to make emergency care reliable: triage, teamwork, protocols, resuscitation areas, escalation pathways, nursing roles, simulation, audit, and quality improvement.
The Zero Fail Airway theme emphasized that airway management in ED is different from elective airway management.
The conference deliberately included difficult, high-stakes resuscitation scenarios because emergency physicians must be prepared for uncertainty. Challenging scenarios allow learners to discuss decision-making in grey zones: crashing asthma, peri-arrest pulmonary embolism, poisoned patients, refractory shock, trauma with airway difficulty, and elderly patients with multiple competing priorities.
One of the most engaging features of the CME day was the live polytrauma simulation scenario on stage. Simulation brings clinical decision-making, teamwork, leadership, communication, and crisis resource management into a visible learning format. For a mixed audience of residents, faculty, nurses, and emergency teams, live simulation creates a shared mental model of how a resuscitation should unfold.
The “Catch Your Breath” theme focused on respiratory emergencies and the rapid decisions required in patients presenting with acute breathlessness.
In parallel with the CME program, poster presentations were conducted. More than 50 posters were presented, reflecting growing academic output among postgraduate trainees and young emergency physicians. Posters were assessed on several parameters, and first, second, and third prizes were awarded. The poster session created space for residents to present clinical research, quality improvement initiatives, audits, case reports, educational innovations, and system-based observations from emergency departments.
For a developing specialty, poster sessions are more than academic display. They teach residents how to ask questions, collect data, analyse practice, communicate findings, and receive feedback. They also help build a culture where everyday ED problems can become research questions and quality improvement projects.
One of the most encouraging features of EM Delhi 2026 was the collaborative spirit between institutions, departments, faculty, residents, nurses, and volunteers. The joint organization by AIIMS New Delhi and Lady Hardinge Medical College symbolized the type of academic partnership that Emergency Medicine needs. The event brought together experienced teachers and young learners, procedural skill training and academic discussion, competition and collaboration, local innovation and national vision.
The success of the workshops, the enthusiasm of the quiz participants, the quality of poster presentations, and the energy of the CME sessions all reflected a shared belief: Emergency Medicine in India is ready for the next phase of growth.
“EM Delhi 2026 has created a foundation for future academic activities under the Delhi State Chapter. The next steps should include more inter-institutional teaching programs, regular academic meetings, simulation-based training, resident research mentorship, nursing education initiatives, ED quality improvement networks, and collaborative protocols adapted to Indian emergency care settings. I commend the Team for this grand success” Said INDUSEM CEO Dr. Sagar Galwankar
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About INDUSEM:
The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information, visit www.indusem.org
About EMA
The Emergency Medicine Association was founded in 2015 during the INDUSEM2015 World Congress of Academic Emergency Medicine in New Delhi. EMA is the Official voice of competent Emergency Experts. Working towards provision of quality emergency care The EMA is an organized Guild of Emergency Leaders in Health and Medicine focused on Developing, Practicing and Progressing Emergency Medicine. EMA has a strong relation with partner organizations, individuals and institutions across the world. The EMA boasts of a strong DNA with its relationships which are geared towards potentiating growth. EMA has the support of the INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative, the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India and the Academic for Clinical Emergency Nursing in India. For More Information: www.emaindia.net
About ACEE
The Academic College of Emergency Experts was established by Leaders of INDUSEM to create a guild of expert clinicians who have a mastery at providing safe patient care with high quality therapeutics based on latest evidence based medicine. The only Unique College in Asia ACEE bestows affiliation after a rigorous coaching and testing process hereby maintaining its high standards of commitment to education and excellence.
It surpasses the erstwhile ideology of existing academic colleges where affiliation is based on recommendation. There are multiple pathways to be a Fellow of the College namely Emergency Medicine, Emergency Pediatrics. Toxicology, Emergency Nursing Pathway etc. For More Information Visit www.acee-india.org
About LHMC
“Lady Hardinge Medical College, also known as LHMC, is a public women’s medical college and central government hospital located in New Delhi, India. Established in 1916 by the Imperial British Government, it has functioned as a constituent of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, since 1950. The college is governed and funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Since 1991, the hospital has extended its services to male patients. The MBBS program at the college has an admission capacity of 200 students. The institution operates two teaching hospitals: Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, with 877 beds, and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, with 350 beds. Together, these hospitals and the parent college provide tertiary-level medical care to the city.” Per Wikipedia. For More information: https://lhmc-hosp.gov.in/
About AIIMS, New Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi was established in 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. AIIMS was the vision of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first Health Minister of India, to establish an institute of such nature in India. Today AIIMS is one the World’s Leading Medical Education, Research and Patient Care Institute. For More Information: www.aiims.edu
