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 stoke care
Presentation of new international guidelines on emergency stroke care and case presentation of best practices.
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.
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?
New technology in emergency care
This session will illustrate the use of new technologies in emergency patient care.
Breakout session: EMS TED Talk 1
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.
Workshop: CBRN
SAMUR Protection Civil has developed a procedure based on zoning, protection and action that will be the center of this workshop.
Lunch
Poster walks/50 best abstracts
Cardiac arrest – Hot topics in resuscitation
New studies in cardiac arrest challenge current practices. This session will present and discuss the latest studies.
Current practices in Trauma care
Present the current practices or models of different continents in the management of trauma care.
Patient safety in EMS
How do we ensure patient safety and lessons learned from patients’ safety incidents?
Terrorist attack and eminent attack
What are the challenges in presumed terrorist attacks. Presentation of three cases.
Breakout session: The most important EMS articles in 2017-2018
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.
Workshop: CBRN
SAMUR Protection Civil has developed a procedure based on zoning, protection and action that will be the center of this workshop.
Coffee break
End of first day & Keynote
Spanish Social Dinner
Keynote
Coffee break
Paediatric emergency care
Three presentations of oncoming paediatric care.
Current practices in stroke
Present the current practices or models of different continents in the management of stroke.
Life after Life: Role of EMS in Asistole Organ donation
Current experience in active organ donation programs including discussion of logistics and ethical issues.
Global Resuscitation Alliance
An update from the Global Resuscitation Alliance on new publications, Resuscitation Academy and GRA tools.
Breakout session: New types of terrorist attacks
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.
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.
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.
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.
Violence and abuse in society
Discussion of cases of domestic violence, child or elder abuse.
Future competences and education in EMS
It is possible to define common educational standards, competences and training in EMS.
Breakout session: Breaking news from industry partners
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.
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.
Coffee break
End of second day & Keynote
Great Catastrophe Drill
EMS Championship Finals
Coffee break
Dispacht assisted CPR (T-CPR)
Developing EMS systems
This session will tell you that the future is in China, Singapore and Africa.
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.
Care for your EMS colleague
How to prevent, identify and handle post traumatic stress, abuse among health care professionals.
Breakout session: The 10 best abstracts – oral presentation
The 10 best abstracts from the abstract competition will be presented during the session.
Workshop: Pediatric trauma
Workshop: Echo cardio
Lunch
Poster walks
Closing ceremony, keynote & EMS Championship Award
Bubbles & Goodbye
