Future Directions in HEMS 2024

Welcome to the Future Directions in HEMS Conference 2024

Registration from 8am. The conference starts at 9am and finishes at 5:30pm. 

Join us for a day of innovation, collaboration, and knowledge sharing at the Future Directions in HEMS Conference 2024, designed exclusively for clinicians in pre-hospital medicine. This one-day event in June promises to be an insightful exploration of critical topics in the air ambulance community, featuring international and national speakers at the forefront of HEMS, helping to shape the future of our sector.

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Session 1 

Research In Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine HEMS: Future directions 

Jo Griggs: From data to delivery: Transforming pre-hospital care through research

Dr. Duncan Bootland and Dr. Kat Hunter: The prophecy: Does the last 12 months of literature guide us towards the future?

Prof. Hans Morten Lossius: How to develop, run, and prioritise effective PHEM research programmes within HEMS – the Norwegian experience 

Session 2  

The HEMS team of the future – team creation and welfare 

MedicOne: The Art of prediction: Navigating future possibilities

Caroline Rose: Too tired to care?

Dr. Leif Rognas: Some thoughts on crew welfare and how to build a sustainable, high-functioning HEMS team 

Dr. Malcolm Russell: Small teams in austere environments – what can we learn?

Emergensea Duo: From A&E to the sea: Lessons from extreme endurance

Session 3  

Technical advances in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine

James Kingdon from Gama Aviation: Advances in HEMS aviation

Leigh Curtis: Advancing the non-clinical aspects of HEMS operations: Getting where you’re going when you don’t have clear vision and you can’t see the destination

Prof. Mark Wilson: Saving lives by combining technology and community

Prof. Kevin Fong: Space…the final frontier

Session 4  

What is the future for endovascular and surgical interventions in HEMS? 

Dr. Xavier Moors: The Dutch approach to ECPR; The on-scene trial

Dr. Ben Singer: The London ECPR perspective 

Discussion: ECPR: What’s the future for HEMS services?

Dr. Zane Perkins: Pre-hospital resuscitative thoracotomy

Dr. Rob Greenhalgh: Endovascular resuscitation – where are we now and what is next?

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