Celebrating 30 Years of Progress: Research Highlights from the Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine

The Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine (BeSEDiM) marks its 30th anniversary with a dedicated Research Topic, featuring selected contributions from top abstracts and posters presented at recent BeSEDiM events.

Aligned with the society’s goal of advancing emergency and disaster medicine in Belgium through training, education, and clinical research, this collection will address key themes such as pre-hospital care, disaster response, simulation training clinical conundrums, innovative technologies, and multidisciplinary collaboration.


We invite members of BeSEDiM to submit original research, reviews, medical conundrums, and case studies that reflect current challenges and opportunities in the field.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• ... View all formats

Articles that are accepted for publication by our external editors following rigorous peer review incur a publishing fee charged to Authors, institutions, or funders.

Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Study Protocol
• Systematic Review

Keywords: Emergency Medicine, Disaster Medicine, pre-hospital care, simulation training, BeSEDiM

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.