Organization and methods of intervention of the Medico-Psychological Emergency Cells French Society of Emergency Medicine (SFMU) guidelines with the contribution of the Association of Formation and Research of Emergency Medico-Psychological Cells and the

These recommendations by formal consensus have been developed by the French Society of Emergency Medicine, with the collaboration of the Association of Training and Research of Emergency Medico-Psychological Cells and the French Society of Psychotraumatology. The Medico-Psychological Emergency Cells (CUMP), in their structural model, constitute a French exception and there is few data on them in the scientific literature. The aim of this text is the harmonization of the practices of the medical-psychological emergency. The regulation and organization of French CUMP are first described. The text then deals with the indications and the modalities of launching of the CUMP and the implementation of the means. The specific care of the CUMP and the emergency physician are described. Lastly, the training of personnel is dealt with. These first recommendations are general and do not enter certain specificities of CUMP.