Hrev_master I have accepted the role of Editor of Emergency Care Journal1 with great enthusiasm. I wish to thank Ivo Casagranda, who will continue into the future in the role of Senior Editor (and my guide) and all previous Editors for the contribution made to this journal up to now. In a historical moment of great uncertainty and inevitable change, our journal looks to the future with a new motivation. Emergency Medicine is a relative “young” discipline in many country of the world, which deserves investment in clinical research and outlines its identity through it. I will spend all my research and editorial experiences to grow up our journal and spread its original contents. I sincerely hope that Emergency Care Journal, as the official journal of the Academy on Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC),2 will represent a valid opportunity to present original manuscript, reviews and clinical reports, partic- ularly for young researcher. On the other hand, the journal will support continuous clinical and research updates for both physi- cians and nurses working in Emergency Departments. To this aim, three young emergency medicine researchers who will act as Assistant Editors, Greta Barbieri, Erika Poggiali and Veronica Salvatore, have enhanced the editorial board, speeding up the process of peer revision, and wide-spreading contents by social media. We also introduce Mini Reviews as new submission type for manuscripts (with a maximum of 3500 words, 50 references, 4 tables and/or figures). This novelty has been added for supporting the submission of interesting and/or underestimated issues in the emergency medicine field, with inclusion of relevant and essential literature. Highlights by bullets point will focus the subject. Mini Reviews can include the discussion of a case report functioning as an introduction to the topic, and they will be given priority for pub- lication over simple case reports in the journal. This issue of the journal offers four original manuscripts, one review and five case reports, with a large space is still given to COVID-19. Among original articles, Giostra et al. describe the impact of pandemic and lockdown on emergency room access in several cen- tres of the AcEMC from Northern and Central Italy.3 Poggiali et al. suggest a role of screening criteria and point-of-care lung ultra- sound in the triage decision-making process in an Emergency Department during the phase 2 of the COVID-19 Italian epidemic,4 given the evidence of previous multicentre studies.5 Finally, Yambasu et al.6 focus attendance in obstetric emergency depart- ment the first months of COVID-19 pandemic. The last original article by Vonk et al.7 deals with the important issue of factors associated with patients’ length of stay in the emergency depart- ment. The review article by Latsios et al.8 offers a critical overview on the role of automated compression devices in out-of- and in- hospital cardiac arrest. Clinical reports complete the present issue of Emergency Care Journal. They include uncommon complications of COVID-19, such as pericarditis9 and simultaneous arterial and venous throm- boembolic events.10 Original clinical cases of poisoning from chronic carbon monoxide,11 cardiac toxicity of aconitine intake12 and severe favism complications in Jehovah’s Witness13 are also presented. Dear readers, we will continue to offer articles for research and clinical updates and educational purpose: please advice your col- leagues to follow-us! Dear researchers, if you want to spread your results in the research community, open your pc, follow our suggestions and submit your manuscript to Emergency Care Journal! References 1. Emergency Care Journal. Available from: https://www.page- pressjournals.org/index.php/ecj 2. Academy on Emergency Medicine and Care. Available from: http://www.acemc.it 3. Giostra F, Mirarchi MG, Fraina G, et al. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on emergency room access in Northern and Central Italy. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9705. 4. Poggiali E, Bastoni D, Ferrari M, et al. COVID-19 or not COVID-19, that is the question. The role of screening criteria and point-of-care lung ultrasound in the triage decision-mak- ing process in an Emergency Department during the phase 2 of the COVID-19 Italian epidemic. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9708 5. Volpicelli G, Gargani L, Perlini S, et al. Lung ultrasound for the early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia: an international multicenter study. Intensive Care Med 2021;47:444-54. 6. Yambasu S, Gaughan E. Trends in obstetric emergency depart- ment attendance the first months of the coronavirus pandemic. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9562. 7. Vonk S, Leermakers J, Logtenberg SJJ,. Sankatsing SUC. Factors associated with emergency department length of stay of internal medicine patients. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9570. 8. Latsios G, Leopoulou M, Synetos A, et al. The role of automat- ed compression devices in out-of- and in- hospital cardiac arrest. Can we spare rescuers’ hands? Emerg Care J 2021;17:9525. Emergency Care Journal 2021; volume 17:9923 Correspondence: Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, via Savi 10, 56100 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: lorenzo.ghiadoni@unipi.it This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (by-nc 4.0). ©Copyright: the Author(s), 2021 Licensee PAGEPress, Italy Emergency Care Journal 2021; 17:9923 doi:10.4081/ecj.2021.9923 [Emergency Care Journal 2021; 17:9923] [page 79] “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write” Lorenzo Ghiadoni Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Non -co mmerc ial us e o nly 9. Falchi AG, Leonardi S, Cappa G, Perlini S. Subclinical peri- carditis long after SARS-CoV-2 infection: A case report. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9782. 10. Reed A, Howard C, Barakat M, Navi A. Simultaneous arterial and venous thromboembolic events associated with COVID- 19. A case report. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9718. 11. Riccardi A, Bientinesi P, Monteverdi M, Lerza R. Chronic car- bon monoxide poisoning. A report of two cases. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9677. 12. Menichetti F, Bartalucci P, Matteucci ML, et al. A perfect refractory electrical storm by acute toxicity of accidental aconitine intake. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9736. 13. Salvetti M, Capellini S, Delbon P, et al. Jehovah’s Witness sur- vives severe favism complications: Advance provisions of treatment and new challenges for the physicians. Emerg Care J 2021;17:9738. Editorial [page 80] [Emergency Care Journal 2021; 17:9923] Non -co mmerc ial us e o nly