Please find below the preliminary programme. The programme will be continuously updated.
Tracks and languages
- Improving patient care
- Current practise and benchmarking
- New needs and demands
- What's up?
Opening ceremony
Chair: Fionna Moore (UK)
Welcome to EMS2019
Presentation of SAMUR Madrid
Doris Østergaard (DK) – It Takes a System to Save a Life – Patients First
Keynote
Chair: Fionna Moore (UK)
Speakers:
Freddy Lippert (DK) & Peter Panagos (US) – Utstein Guidelines on Emergency Stroke Care
Coffee break
Utstein Guidelines on Emergency Stroke Care
International case presentations of best practice in stroke care
Chairs:
David Waters (NZ)
Lisbet Schønau (DK)
Speakers:
Freddy Lippert (DK)
Peter Panagos (US)
Christine Rutan (US)
Current practices in Cardiac arrest
Presentation of the current practices or models of different continents in the management of cardiac arrest. New data from the Eureka study.
Chairs:
Jose Maria Álvarez Franco (ES)
Mick Stephenson (AU)
Speakers:
Dave Bywater (UK) – The Scottish model and strategy for improving survival
Michael Sayre (US) – What is so special about the Seattle model?
Gayathri Nadarajan (SG) – Management of the out of hospital cardiac arrest in developing EMS systems
Life after Life: Role of EMS in Asystole Organ donation
Chairs:
Nieves de Lucas García (ES)
Fionna Moore (UK)
Speakers:
Alonso Mateos (ES) – Evolution of the first out-of-hospital donation programs in asystole. The Spanish Experience
Jacques Levraut (FR) – Results of organ donation program in France and future perspectives
Jose Ramon Nunez (ES) (WHO-Spain) – Global scenario of organ donation and the world programs of non-heart beating donors
New technology in emergency care
This session will illustrate the use of new technologies in emergency patient care.
Chairs:
Marcus Ong (SG)
Fredrik Folke (DK)
Speakers:
Lionel Lamhaut (FR) – Engaging first responders using app in Paris
Linn Andelius (DK) – Dispatch of volunteer citizen responders by smartphone apps
Mark Wilson (UK) – The International experience with GoodSam as a first responder all and future perspectives
Javier García del Águila (ES) – An electronic history interconnected with the entire health system
Breakout session: EMS TED Talk
12.00-12.10: Welcome to EMS TED Talk
Chair: Andy Thomas & Kirstine Vestergård Nielsen
12.10-12.20 The Impact of Smart Cities on EMS
Yih Yng Ng, HomeTeam Chief Medical Officer, Minestry of Home Affairs Singapore
12.20-12.30: It takes a system to … learn from errors
Reinis Upenieks, Patient safety Latvia
12.30-12.40: Vital signs are no good in telling us who is really sick
Professor Maaret Castrén, NHS Finland
12.40-12.50: The miracles that come along with uncompromising honesty
Julia A. Janssen, UGR Granada/ TU Dresden
12.50-13.00: Time will be changing: urgency in the ambulance care!
Senior researcher Nive Nanne Bos, Nivel & programme manager Trudie van Duin, Ambulancezorg Nederland
13.00-13.10: Crowd sourcing for Bystander CPR and AED
Senior Consultant Marcus Ong, Singapore General Hospital
13.10-13.15: Closing
Chair: Andy Thomas & Kirstine Vestergård Nielsen
Workshop: Detection of Child abuse
Through simulated scenarios with actors and actresses, this workshop will provide you the competences to suspect and report child abuse in prehospital emergency settings.
Organisers:
Paloma Miravet (ES)
Workshop: CBRN
SAMUR Protection Civil has developed a procedure based on zoning, protection and action that will be the center of this workshop.
Organisers:
Maria del Carmen Castillo (ES)
Carlos Torres (ES)
Leonardo Ramírez (ES)
EMS Championship – preliminary rounds
Lunch
Poster walks
50 best abstracts
Interventions and diagnostics
50 best abstracts
Quality improvement and organisation 1
50 best abstracts
Quality improvement and organisation 2
50 best abstracts
Cardiac arrest 1
50 best abstracts
Pain and trauma
EMS Championship – preliminary rounds
Cardiac arrest: Hot topics in resuscitation
Chairs:
Alberto Hernández Tejedor (ES)
Michael Sayre (US)
Speakers:
Gavin Perkins (UK) – New evidences in Resuscitation. Paramedic-2 Study
Ervigio Corral (ES) – The blood analysis in the scene as a diagnostic and prognostic element in the PCR
Lionel Lamhaut (FR) – The Extracorporeal resuscitation. A future that is already present
Current practices in Trauma care
Presentation of the current practices or models of different continents in the management of trauma care.
Chairs:
Ian Maconochie (UK)
Lars Rasmussen (DK)
Speakers:
Carmen Camacho Leis (ES) – A Spanish model of emergency assistance to the critically traumatic patient
Mick Stephenson (AUS) – Critical trauma care in EMS in Australia
Systems of clinical quality
This session will discuss the relevance and use of clinical quality indicators in EMS. How do we identify, monitor and benchmark high quality?
Chairs:
Bert Dercksen (NL)
Anne Bergem (NO)
Speakers:
David Waters (NZ) – What does Patients First mean in Australia and New Zealand
Martin Smeekes (NL) – How we work with clinical quality indicators in Dutch EMS
Steinar Olsen (NO) – Nordic EMS – collaboration – successes and challenges
Christine Rutan (US) – Stemi and stroke system of care measurement in the US
Terrorist attack and eminent attack
What are the challenges in presumed terrorist attacks. Presentation of three cases.
Chairs:
Pierre Carli (FR)
Juan González Armengol (ES)
Speakers:
Jorge Morales (ES) – The terrorist attack on the Ramblas in Barcelona – uncertainty and safety for EMS
Stefan Poloczek (DE) – The terrorist attack on the Christmas market in Berlin – lessons learned by EMS
Jacques Levraut (FR) – The terrorist attack on the promenade of Nice – handling multiple deaths and injured
Breakout session: Best EMS articles in 2018-2019
Chair:
Fredrik Folke (DK)
Speaker:
Peter Kudenchuk (US)
Workshop: Detection of Child abuse
Through simulated scenarios with actors and actresses, this workshop will provide you the competences to suspect and report child abuse in prehospital emergency settings.
Organisers:
Paloma Miravet (ES)
Workshop: CBRN
SAMUR Protection Civil has developed a procedure based on zoning, protection and action that will be the center of this workshop.
Organisers:
Maria del Carmen Castillo (ES)
Carlos Torres (ES)
Leonardo Ramírez (ES)
Coffee break
Keynote
Chair: Doris Østergaard (DK)
Speaker: Günther Jonitz (DE) – What health care politics can learn from emergency care
Spanish Social Dinner
Poster walks
Keynote
Chair: Freddy Lippert (DK)
Speaker:
Nikhil Gupta (WHO) – Global Patient Safety Framework – Ensuring safe care to everyone, everywhere
Coffee break
Paediatric emergency care
Chair:
Andy Thomas (UK)
Speakers:
Ian Maconochie (UK) – Update of Pediatric Resuscitation Guidelines
Nieves de Lucas García (ES) – Challenges in the Prehospital Pediatric management
Who is who in European EMS?
A short presentation of different EMS systems in Europe – two advantages and two challenges in each system. Followed by discussion.
Chairs:
Fionna moore (UK)
Speakers:
Isabel Casado (ES) – Quality as a value in an Emergency Medical Service
James Ward (UK) – Using big data to save more lives
Freddy Lippert (DK) – The comprehensive patient care system
Stefan Poloczek (GE) – Strategies to avoid EMS missions – what is the right way?
Martin Smeekes (NL) – Ambulance Care 2025: Care Coordination and mobile care
Patient safety in EMS
Chairs:
Doris Østergaard (DK)
Andrés Pacheco (ES)
Speakers:
Rosa Suárez Bustamante (ES) – Implementation of a notification system for adverse events in EMS in Spain
Dave Bywater (UK) – A Scottish perspective on patient safety in EMS
Global Resuscitation Alliance
An update from the Global Resuscitation Alliance on new publications, Resuscitation Academy and GRA tools.
Chairs:
Michael Sayre (US)
Tore Lærdal (NO)
Speakers:
Marcus Ong Eng Hock (SG) – Why is Global Resuscitation Alliance the answer?
Peter Kudenchuk (US) – Resuscitation Academy as a tool for the Global Resuscitation Alliance
David Waters (NZ) – How did the Global Resuscitation Alliance help Australia and New Zealand?
Breakout session: New types of terrorist attacks
Chairs:
Jorge Morales (ES)
Cathal O’Donnell (IE)
Speakers:
Chaim Rafalowsky (IL) – Multiple attacks with knives, and national EMS response
Pierre Carli (FR) – Lessons learned from recent years’ terrorist attacks in France
Francois Braun(FR) – The Christmas attack in Strasbourg in 2018. Focus on mobilisation of EMS
Workshop: Echofast
In this hands-on workshop with human volunteers you will learn FAST and eFAST protocols, which are a valuable POC tool used in trauma situations.
Organisers:
Manuel Alvarez González (ES)
Francisco Ortuño Andériz (ES)
Jose Miguel Gil Perdomo (ES)
Angela del Pino Ramírez (ES)
Antonio Núñez Reiz (ES)
Workshop: TCCC bleeding control
The course includes demonstration of proper use of tourniquets, wound packing, use of effective pressure application, and use of hemostatic dressing. The workshop is hosted by SEMES (Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine).
Organisers:
Sara Aroca Garcia-Rubio (ES)
Jesus Manuel Hernandez (ES)
Nuria Ramos Miranda (ES)
EMS Championship – preliminary rounds
Lunch
Poster walks
50 best abstracts
Cardiac arrest 2
50 best abstracts
Quality improvement and organisation 3
50 best abstracts
Spanish session
50 best abstracts
Dispatch and triage
EMS Championship – preliminary rounds
Update on emergency trauma care
This session will challenge the standard care of immoblisation of trauma patients and present the new treatments in resuscitation such as REBOA, use of blood products and emergency thoracotomy.
Chairs:
Fionna Moore (UK)
Pere Herrera (ES)
Speakers:
Christian Maschmann (DE) – Immobilization of trauma patient: a scientific reappraisal
Andrés Pacheco (ES) – Prehospital blood transfusion for traumatic hemorrhagic shock
Mark Wilson (UK) – New concept on severe traumatic brain injuries management
Current practices in stroke
Present the current practices or models of different continents in the management of stroke.
Chairs:
David Waters (NZ)
Cathal O’Donnell (IE)
Speakers:
Anthony Rudd (UK) – Methods of Implementation of Evidence-Based Stroke Care in Europe
Peter Panagos (US) – Endovascular Revolution: Growing Role of EMS in Stroke Care
Filippo Bernasconi (IT) – Organizational approach to the handling of stroke in the EMS of Lombardy
Violence and abuse in society
Discussion of cases of domestic violence, child or elder abuse.
Chairs:
Cristina Carriedo (ES)
Steinar Olson (NO)
Speakers:
Andy Thomas (UK) – The Fears and feelings of an EMS Responder when attending violence and abuse in society
Anne Bergem (NO) – Violence and mental Health; myths and facts
Paloma Rey Paterna (ES) – Attention to the vulnerable elderly by EMS
Future competences and education in EMS
It is possible to define common educational standards, competences and training in EMS.
Chairs:
Martin Smeekes (NL)
Speakers:
Doris Oestergaard (DK) – Which competencies do healthcare professionals need?
Dave Page (US) – Street-Ready Paramedics: How good is good enough
Francois Bruan (FR) – Prehospital curriculum for Emergency Physician: The French experience
Martijn Forrer (NL) – Beyond the split second: Decision making under pressure
Workshop: Echofast
In this hands-on workshop with human volunteers you will learn FAST and eFAST protocols, which are a valuable POC tool used in trauma situations.
Organisers:
Manuel Alvarez González (ES)
Francisco Ortuño Andériz (ES)
Jose Miguel Gil Perdomo (ES)
Angela del Pino Ramírez (ES)
Antonio Núñez Reiz (ES)
Workshop: TCCC bleeding control
The course includes demonstration of proper use of tourniquets, wound packing, use of effective pressure application, and use of hemostatic dressing. The workshop is hosted by SEMES (Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine).
Organisers:
Sara Aroca Garcia-Rubio (ES)
Jesus Manuel Hernandez (ES)
Nuria Ramos Miranda (ES)
Coffee break
Keynote
Chair: Martin Smeekes (NL)
Speakers: David Waters (NZ), Stefan Poloczek (DE) & Pierre Carli (FR): “Lessons learned from terror and major incidents”
Surprise!
EMS Championship Finals
Coffee break
Dispatcher assisted CPR (DA-CPR, T-CPR)
Chairs:
James Ward (UK)
Charlotte Barfod (DK)
Speakers:
Freddy Lippert (DK) – Why is the emergency medical dispatcher so important?
Michael Sayre (US) – Seattle expericene on dispatcher assisted CPR
Mark Wilson (UK) – Demo in dispatcher assisted CPR
Developing EMS systems
This session will tell you that the future is in China, Singapore and Africa.
Chairs:
Marcus Ong (SG)
Tore Lærdal (NO)
Speakers:
Gayathri Nadarajan (SG) – The development of the Emergency Service in Singapore
Michael Bradfield (UK) – Quality Improvement with the Lebanese Red Cross EMS
Research starts here!
Three experts sharing knowledge and experience: from idea to protocol, conducting research and publishing.
Chairs:
Doris Østergaard (DK)
Jerry Overton (US)
Speakers:
Lars Rasmussen (DK) – Ideas and funding in EMS research
Richard Lyon (UK) – Pre-hospital research – what is changing our practice
Care for your EMS colleague
How to prevent, identify and handle post traumatic stress, abuse among health care professionals.
Chairs:
Stefan Poloczek (DE)
Cathal O’Donnell (IE)
Speakers:
A.J. Heightman (US) – What is the problem?
Anne Bergem (NO) – What should you do?
Mick Stephenson (AU) – A hard lesson learned – improving the mental health of our medical first responders
Andy Thomas (UK) – What did we do – Learning from a battlefield experience
Breakout session: The 10 best abstracts – oral presentation
The 10 best abstracts from the abstract competition will be presented during the session.
Chairs:
Fredrik Folke (DK)
Peter Panagos (US)
Speakers:
TBA
Workshop: Pediatric trauma
Organisers:
María Isabel Iglesias Bouzas (ES)
Gemma de Lama Caropatón (ES)
Workshop: Ultrasound in the hypotensive patient
Workshop aimed at the diagnosis, through echocardiographic exploration, of the search for the causes of hypotension in emergencies: Pulmonary thromboembolism, hypovolemia, tension pneumothorax or cardiac tamponade are the main causes to be detected with this test
Organisers:
Andrés Javier Barrios López (ES)
Maria Claudia Pulido (ES)
Lunch
Poster walks
Closing ceremony & EMS Championship Award
Bubbles & Goodbye
