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 and keynote
Coffee break
Utstein guidelines on Emergency stroke care
Presentation of new international guidelines on emergency stroke care and case presentation of best practices.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
David Waters (NZ)
Peter Panagos (US)
Christine Rutan (US)
Current practices in Cardiac arrest
Present the current practices or models of different continents in the management of cardiac arrest. New data from the Eureka study.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Raquel Ramos (PT) – Management of cardiac arrest and data from Portugal
Michael Sayer (US) – What is so special about the Seattle model?
Dave Bywater (UK) – The Scottish model and strategy for improving survival
Life after Life: Role of EMS in Asystole Organ donation
Chair:
TBA
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 (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.
Chair:
Marcus Ong (SGP)
Speakers:
Mark Wilson (UK) – The International experience with GoodSam as a first responder all and future perspectives
Linn Andelius (DK) –
Lionel Lamhaut (FR) – Engaging first responders using app in Paris
Javier García del Águila (ES) – An electronic history interconnected with the entire health system
Breakout session: EMS TED Talk 1
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
TBA
Workshop: 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.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Anne Bergem (NO)
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.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Carmen del Castillo
Carlos Torres Gómez
Leonardo Ramírez
Lunch
Poster walks/50 best abstracts
Cardiac arrest – Hot topics in resuscitation
Chair:
TBA
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
Present the current practices or models of different continents in the management of trauma care.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Carmen Camacho Leis (ES) – A Spanish model of emergency assistance to the critically traumatic patient
Yannick Nordin Servin (MX) – Presentation of EMS experience in a violent trauma setting in Mexico
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?
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
David Waters (NZ)
Martin Smeekes (NL)
Steiner Olsen (NO)
Christine Rutan (US)
Terrorist attack and eminent attack
What are the challenges in presumed terrorist attacks. Presentation of three cases.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Judit Sánchez (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: The most important EMS articles in 2017-2018
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Peter Kudenchuck (US)
Workshop: 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.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Anne Bergem (NO)
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.
Chair
TBA
Speakers
Carmen del Castillo
Carlos Torres Gómez
Leonardo Ramírez
Coffee break
End of first day & Keynote
Spanish Social Dinner
Keynote
Coffee break
Paediatric emergency care
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Ian Maconochie (UK) – Update of Pediatric Resuscitation Guidelines
Nieves de Lucas García (ES) – Challenges in the Prehospital Pediatric management
Yannick Nordin (MX) – Assistance to multiple children burned in the oil pipeline accident
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.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Isabel Casado (ES)
Freddy Lippert (DK)
Stefan Polocseck (DE)
Patient safety in EMS
Chair:
TBA
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
Itziar Larizgoitia (WHO) – WHO efforts to promote reporting of adverse events and global learning
Global Resuscitation Alliance
An update from the Global Resuscitation Alliance on new publications, Resuscitation Academy and GRA tools.
Chair:
Freddy Lippert
Speakers:
Peter Kudenchuck (US)
Marcus Ong (SG)
David Waters (NZ)
Breakout session: New types of terrorist attacks
Chairs:
TBA
Speakers:
Chaim Rafalowsky (IL) – Multiple attacks with knives, and national EMS response
Pierre Carlie (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.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Manuel Alvarez González
Francisco Ortuño Andériz
Jose Miguel Gil Perdomo
Angela del Pino Ramírez
Antonio Núñez Reiz
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).
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Sara Aroca Garcia-Rubio
Jesus Manuel Hernandez
Nuria Ramos Miranda
Lunch
Poster walks/50 best abstracts
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.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Christian Maschmann (DE)
Andrés Pacheco (ES)
Mark Wilson (UK)
Current practices in stroke
Present the current practices or models of different continents in the management of stroke.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Anthony Rudd (UK)
Peter Panagos (US)
Alberto Zoli (IT)
Violence and abuse in society
Discussion of cases of domestic violence, child or elder abuse.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Andy Thomas (UK) –
Anne Bergem (NO) – Violence and mental Health; myths and facts
Paloma Rey (ES) – Attention to the vulnerable elderly by EMS
Ginika Achokwu (UK) – EMS attention to children at risk or in situation of mistreatment
Future competences and education in EMS
It is possible to define common educational standards, competences and training in EMS.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Dave Page (US)
Doris Oestergaard (DK)
Martijn Forrer
Francois Bruan
Breakout session: Breaking news from industry partners
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
TBA
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.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Manuel Alvarez González
Francisco Ortuño Andériz
Jose Miguel Gil Perdomo
Angela del Pino Ramírez
Antonio Núñez Reiz
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).
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Sara Aroca Garcia-Rubio
Jesus Manuel Hernandez
Nuria Ramos Miranda
Coffee break
End of second day & Keynote
Great Catastrophe Drill
EMS Championship Finals
Coffee break
Dispacht assisted CPR (T-CPR)
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Mark Wilson
Michael Sayer
Developing EMS systems
This session will tell you that the future is in China, Singapore and Africa.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Gayathri Nadarajan (SGP)
Yannik Nordin (MX)
Michael Bradfield
Research starts here!
Three experts sharing knowledge and experience: from idea to protocol, conducting research and publishing. Also three researchers from our presented abstracts will explain how they achieved their ideas.
Chairs:
Fredrik Folke
Peter Kudenchuck
Speakers:
Lars Rasmussen (DK)
Care for your EMS colleague
How to prevent, identify and handle post traumatic stress, abuse among health care professionals.
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Anne Bergem (NO)
Mick Stephenson (AUS)
Andy Thomas (UK)
A.J. Heighman (US)
Breakout session: The 10 best abstracts – oral presentation
The 10 best abstracts from the abstract competition will be presented during the session.
Chair:
Fredrik Folke
Speakers:
TBA
Workshop: Pediatric trauma
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
María Isabel Iglesias Bouzas
Gemma de Lama Caropatón
Workshop: Echo cardio
Chair:
TBA
Speakers:
Andrés Javier Barrios López
Aurea Diez
Lunch
Poster walks
Closing ceremony, keynote & EMS Championship Award
Bubbles & Goodbye
