The French Society for Emergency Medicine (SFMU) aims at promoting emergency medicine through education and research for trainees and professionals. 

The society organises scientific conferences and regularly elaborates professional and scientific recommendations and guidelines to improve and regulate the medical practice in emergency medicine. It also contributes in editing books and journals to help spread the scientific knowledge.

The French Society for Emergency Medicine promotes and support research by giving grants and conducting multicentric studies. It also takes part in international events by endorsing scientific activities and is part of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) and work closely with the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) in order to harmonize European practices and help promote emergency medicine as a specialty.