[1] The society was founded at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine in May 1994 in London.
[2] EUSEM brings together over 30 European national societies of emergency medicine.
[2] EUSEM hosts pan-European emergency medicine training, examinations and awards.
It also publishes the European Journal of Emergency Medicine, and organises annual scientific meetings.
[4] Until 2014 EUSEM hosted a congress every 2nd year, alternating with a Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress co-hosted with the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM).