[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Below you’ll find the programme from the #EMS2016 conference in Copenhagen May 30th to June 1st. It was the inaugural European EMS conference and was a successful start to what will be an annual international conference. It’s in Copenhagen again next year after which it will come to different cities in Europe.
In our effort to make existing educational material available online the scanFOAM team reached out to the steering committee and, secondarily, the speakers themselves and asked for permission to share audio recordings and slides from the talks as open access content. We are humbled by the support this idea received, especially as the recording of audio was a late development and not advertised to the speakers beforehand. We are sure the #FOAMed #FOAMems community will appreciate this generosity.
The scanFOAM team is small and editing is rather time consuming. We will start to release talks as they are ready and the links in the program will progressively come alive and take you to the content. Not all of the talks will come online. A number was sadly lost to a memory card failure, and some speakers haven’t come back or don’t want to participate.
We hope this will keep you tied over till #EMS2017 hits Copenhagen next summer.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”0″ collapsible_all=”true” no_fill=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Emergency Medical Dispatch – the gatekeeper to emergency care” tab_id=”1471601598453-83461897-9c3c”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Leif Svensson (SE)
Sang Do Shin (KR)
Speakers:
Marcus Ong (SG): Obtaining the necessary information from the caller
Maaret Castrèn (FI): Recognizing cardiac arrest through the telephone
Jerry Overton (US): Protocol for dispatch centres – what is necessary?
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Emergency Neurology” tab_id=”1471601598501-eab7148d-942c”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Hans Morten Lossius (NO)
Jana Seblova (CZ)
Speakers:
• Caroline L. Watkins (UK): Emergency stroke
• Corey Slovis (US): Emergency neurology cases – all you need to know
• Maren Ranhoff Hov (NO): Diagnosis and treatment of STROKE by anesthesiologists – is it feasible?
After the session, the participants will be able to answer the following questions:
• How can stroke be recognized at the dispatch center?
• How can stroke be recognized by the EMS personnel in the patient’s home?
• Can the stroke diagnosis be established by brain imaging in the prehospital setting?
• How soon can thrombolysis be done?
• Which pitfalls must be considered?
• Is it possible to distinguish between intoxication, a neurological emergency and metabolic disease (including hypoglycemia)?
• What is the optimal way to assess level of consciousness by bystanders, dispatchers, and EMS personnel?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Optimal response for the individual patient” tab_id=”1471601854844-e08f492e-dcb8″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Peter Kudenchuk (US)
Wolfgang Voelckel (AT)
Speakers:
• Gavin Perkins (UK): Who should treat and where to treat cardiac arrest?
• Paul Gowens (UK): New roles for paramedics
• Stephen Sollid (NO): The physician’s role in the EMS
After the session, the participants will be able to answer the following questions:
• What should be done in the prehospital setting and what should not?
• Task and skills – who should do the job?
• What are the challenges of the different choices of skills?
• Helicopter or ambulance: Which choice when?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Triage, referral and advice” tab_id=”1471601861239-7297076f-5d15″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Andy Newton (UK)
Philip Anderson (US)
Speakers:
• Philipp Schuetz (CH): Can we improve outcomes by improved early patient triage?
• Torben Wisborg (NO): Triage and referral of the trauma-patient
• Andrew Lockey (UK): NICE guidelines for trauma
After the session, the participants will be able to answer the following questions:
• What is the importance of a delay to specialized care?
• How can we optimize decision-making to get the critical patients to the right hospitals?
• Can triage really improve outcome in the Emergency Department?
• Which qualifications are needed in the initial evaluation?
• Can we minimize the drawbacks of transition of care – trauma, stroke, cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction?
• Which guidelines can aid in the decision where to admit the patient?
• Which patients can stay at home?
• How is patient satisfaction optimized?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Best Emergency Medical Service practice” tab_id=”1471601863291-a1f2f207-8e83″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Freddy Lippert (DK)
Jerry Overton (US)
Speakers:
• Fionna Moore (UK): Fulfilling society’s expectations
• Marcus Ong (SG): Assessments of EMS performance
• Michael Richard Sayre(US): How can we compare different EMS systems?
After the session, the participants will be able to answer the following questions:
• Is it possible to compare performance of ambulance services?
• Which key performance indicators should be used?
• What are the expectations of the society and what are the expectations of the individual patients to EMS?
• How do we best fulfill the expectations of the community and the patients?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”HEMS as part of EMS” tab_id=”1471602099595-9b3d1576-7a11″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Hans Morten Lossius (NO)
Speakers:
• David Lockey (UK): Advanced airway management in trauma – for whom and how
• Wolfgang Voelckel (AT): What to do and what not to do in pre-hospital critical care and HEMS
• Per Bredmose (NO): Developing safe and efficient Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation transports in HEMS[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Major Incidents” tab_id=”1471602102679-ab8f073a-34ea”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Pierre Carli (FR)
Ramana Rao (IN)
Speakers:
• Steven Bland (UK): Chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) Scene and Casualty Management
• David Zideman (UK): A question of Sport – From Olympic Stadium to Schoolyard Playground
• A.J Heightman (US): Critical Actions Necessary in the First 30 Minutes[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”The elderly patient in the emergency setting” tab_id=”1471602104490-6d92f2c8-c834″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Lars Rasmussen (DK)
Caroline L. Watkins (UK)
Speakers:
• Roland Bingisser (CH): Why is the elderly patient different?
• Kate Cantwell (AU): Geriatric Falls: Understanding the impact for EMS resource allocation
• Simon Mooijart (BE):Older patients presenting to the ED: who is the most vulnerable?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Keynote speaker and End of first day” tab_id=”1471602105392-6a6b365a-cdcb”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Lars Rasmussen (DK)
Caroline L. Watkins (UK)
Speakers:
• Roland Bingisser (CH): Why is the elderly patient different?
• Kate Cantwell (AU): Geriatric Falls: Understanding the impact for EMS resource allocation
• Simon Mooijart (BE):Older patients presenting to the ED: who is the most vulnerable?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Keynote speaker: Global Resuscitation Alliance” tab_id=”1471602106307-b8301f9e-cc91″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Lars Rasmussen
Keynote:
Paris November 2015
Introduction: Region Chief Executive Officer, The Capital Region of Denmark Hjalte Aaberg
Keynote Speaker: Pierre Carli (FR)
Take home messages – what no one should have missed!
• Best session of the day
• Best speaker of the day[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cardiopulmonary resuscitation” tab_id=”1471602334116-edd6fdb2-0a43″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Maaret Castrèn (FI)
David Zideman (UK)
Speakers:
• Koen Monsieurs (BE): Ten recommendations from the ERC Guidelines
• Leif Svensson (SE): Mobile-Phone dispatch of laypersons for CPR in out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest
• David Lockey (UK): Traumatic cardiac arrest[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Communication when time is critical” tab_id=”1471602334880-c448c861-bfc7″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Andrew Lockey (UK)
Peter Dieckmann (DE)
Speakers:
• Doris Østergaard (DK): Dispatch communication with bystanders
• Martine De Bruyne (NL): Communication between different healthcare sectors – why is it so difficult?
• Michaela Kolbe (CH): Communication in teams[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”EMS and the infectious patient” tab_id=”1471602335632-7f86e5de-080b”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Erika Frischknecht Christensen (DK)
Philip Anderson (US)
Speakers:
• Erika Vlieghe (BE): Be aware of the rare infectious diseases
• Christopher Lee Hunter (US): Initial treatment of serious infection
• Steven Bland (UK): Transmission of infectious diseases[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Safety at scene and during transport” tab_id=”1471602336400-fad95825-8b0b”][vc_column_text]Chair:
A.J. Heightman (US)
Paul Gowens (UK)
Speakers:
• Stephen Sollid (NO): Safety at the scene
• Andy Newton (UK): Do no further harm
• Anne Bergem (NO): Communication with the combative psychiatric patient[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”CEO and Medical directors’ session” tab_id=”1471602337184-b010bd2f-664d”][vc_column_text]Panel discussion
Chair:
Jerry Overton (US)
Speakers:
• Fionna Moore (UK)
• Pierre Carli (FR)
• Freddy Lippert (DK)
• James Ward (UK)
• Hans Morten Lossius (NO)
• Sang Do Shin (KR)
• Stefan Poloczek (DE)
After a short introduction the participants present their views on the challenges in EMS in Europe.
Plenty of time will be allocated to questions and discussions with the audience.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Inequality in health care” tab_id=”1471602337984-13849096-966c”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Dan Brun Petersen (DK)
Torben Wisborg (NO)
Speakers:
• Mads Gilbert (NO): EMS in crises and wars
• Ramana Rao (IN): Healthcare in developing contries[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”New perspectives on education” tab_id=”1471602339952-7ab0df0b-1288″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Doris Østergaard (DK)
Andrew Lockey (UK)
Speakers:
• Andy Newton (UK): New perspectives in the training of paramedics
• Marlies P. Schijven (NL): What to Wear in Healthcare? Embedding wearable technology in training and patient care
• Charlotte Ringsted (DK): How to optimize learning outcome[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”The critically ill child” tab_id=”1471602523856-c3923747-8663″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Lars Rasmussen (DK)
Gavin Perkins (UK)
Speakers:
• Ian Maconochie (UK): Identification of the critically ill child. What are the warning signs?
• Anne Bergem (NO): The child’s perspective
• Joost Bierens (NL): Update on drowning with special focus on children[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”EMS championship finals and End of second day” tab_id=”1471602525034-494be30e-8054″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Doris Østergaard (DK)
Take home messages – what no one should have missed!
• Best session of the day
• Best speaker of the day
EMS Championship finals
Finalists:
Bolu 112/Turkey (TR)
London Ambulance Service (UK)
Danish Air Ambulance (DK
Jugdes og instructor:
Anne Lippert (DK)
Andrew Lockey (UK)
Christoph Redelsteiner (AT)
Paul Gowens (UK)
Peter Berlac (DK)
Ron Brendel (NL)[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Keynote: Resuscitation Academy overview” tab_id=”1471602526046-f1d0bc42-2807″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Sang Do Shin (KR)
Keynote
Resuscitation Academy – Overview
Keynote-speaker: Peter Kudenchuk (US)[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Critical cardiac diseases” tab_id=”1471602603299-343ed8f4-eb2f”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Leif Svensson (SE)
Koen Monsieurs (BE)
Speakers:
• Christian Terkelsen (DK): Telemedicine and cardiac patient care
• Hiderahu Tanaka (JP): Public access defibrillation
• Peter Kudenchuk (US): Managing the patient with shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Critical decision making” tab_id=”1471602604443-b97ef9a4-fbf3″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Doris Østergaard (DK)
Torben Wisborg (NO)
Speakers:
• Peter Dieckmann (DE): On what basis do we make decisions?
• Rhona Flin (UK): Situation awareness and influencing factors[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Quality and patient safety” tab_id=”1471602605230-bb209011-880a”][vc_column_text]Chair:
Erika Frischknecht Christensen (DK)
Jana Seblova (CZ)
Speakers:
• Beth Lilja (DK): The patient’s perspective
• Paul Gowens (UK): Quality improvement in EMS
• Steinar Olsen (NO): Results from the Nordic quality improvement project[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”The global challenge in acute illness and injury” tab_id=”1471602606119-01abecef-7d81″][vc_column_text]Chair:
Mads Gilbert (NO)
Ian Maconochie (UK)
Speakers:
• Tore Laerdal (NO): The Global project “Helping babies and Mothers Survive”
• Ramana Rao (IN): Adapting to low resource countries
• Philip Anderson (US): EMS systems as an element of the larger acute care delivery system.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Closing ceremony and keynote” tab_id=”1471602612563-98807366-c4a4″][vc_column_text]Closing Ceremony
Chair:
Andrew Lockey (UK)
Doris Østergaard (DK)
Keynote
The future in EMS
Keynote-speaker: Jerry Overton (US), Fionna Moore (UK), Marcus Ong (SG), Freddy Lippert (DK)
Award Ceremony
• Best session of the day
• Best speaker of the day
• Best abstract
Next congress
When and where[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]/Mads Astvad[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]