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Scandinavian Update 2007
Scandinavian Update 2005
Preliminary program.
Please, check web for continously updated scientific program.
THURSDAY APRIL 23

10.00 - 12.00
1A
Opening session
Welcoming words
Eldar Søreide

Early, aggressive resuscitation is certainly good for the patient in cardiac arrest, but when is it time to stop?
Hans Friberg

Why I think the Regional Emergency Centre Hospital model is the answer to the challenges facing Scandinavian healthcare.
Ari Leppäniemi

Emergency medicine in Europe and Scandinavia – the past, the present and the future.
Gunnar Öhlén

Let the Games begin!
Hans Morten Lossius
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
2A
How to organise emergency care in the future, part 1
2B
Emergency airway management
A  total re-organizing of in-hospital and out-of-hospital  emergency care in Denmark: good and  bad experiences so far
Freddy Lippert
Controlled ventilation in the critically ill and injured patient - not so controlled after all?
Daniel P Davis
The new Finnish national plan for in-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency medical services is in place. Why the rest of the world has something to learn from it
Tom Silfvast
Emergency airway management: whether in the ambulance or the Emergency Department, there are far too many airway gadgets and too few airway experts
Arnd Timmermann
A view from the top: changing how we organise hospitals and treat emergency patients – what are the obstacles? Money, people, lack of interest?
Gunnar Bovim
Prehospital and emergency department airway management problems – why I think it is it time to get our act together and get it right (finally). A very “hot” update from the Utstein style international consensus process just finished
David Lockey
15.00 - 15.30
Coffebreak
15.30 - 17.00 2A
How to organise emergency care in the future, part 2
2B
Trauma and emergency surgery
Using Norway as an example with interactive plenum discussion involving all key players
TBA
Surgeons, surgery, emergency and intensive care medicine. An update from the other side of the Atlantic, with a special focus on what may be imported to the Scandinavian countries.
David Dries
Intro 10 min each and 5 min for questions
Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, Tor Ingebrigtsen, Trude Grønlund, Odd Søreide, Kristin Lossius
Emergency surgery in Scandinavia in the future ? A lot more of the same kind of patients - but everything else will be different!
Tom Glomsaker
DISCUSSION
ALL
Penetrating trauma in Scandinavia – how big is the problem? Can we save more patients also outside the few large urban hospitals?
Tomas Gudbjartsson
Quick summaries of the discussion - what are the main points that needs to be adressed to further improve Scandinavian emergency care?
Gunnar Øhlen & Eldar Søreide
How we think interventional radiologists should work with surgeons and other clinicians to  improve patient flow and outcome. A young and fresh pespective.
Pål Stokkeland & Kjetil Søreide

FRIDAY APRIL 24

08.30-08.50
Early Morning Update: Research in Emergency medicine - recent highlights from Scandinavia and abroad
Ulf Eklund
Early morning Update:
TBA
09.00 - 10.30
3A
Quality improvement, simulation based training and CRM
3B
Emergency care in the Scandinavian countries
3C
Free Papers
CRM – from Crew to Crisis Resource Management and back again.
Peter Dieckmann
Organizing in-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency medical services in Scandinavia - major changes to come? Yes, definitely!
Maaret Castren
CRM and simulation based training - an update focusing on why this is so important for all clinicians working in teams
Peter Dieckmann
Emergency Care Reorganisation in Denmark - what is really new and controversial?
Søren Mikkelsen
An update from the Scandinavian scene - DIMS, SAFER and much more……
Stephen Sollid
Emergency medicine in Sweden: a separate speciality, but now what? Lessons learned and recent developments
Anders Eriksson
Simulated prehospital airway management problems, human factors and CRM – Swiss experiences with how to improve quality of care and patient safety
Wolfgang Ummenhofer
How to organise  high-quality prehospital  (ground and air ambulances) and in-hospital (surgical and medical specialities) emergency care  in rural areas? Experiences from a Local Health Trust in Norway
Rune Larsen
10.30 - 11.00
Coffebreak
11.00 - 12.30
3A
Recent research and hot topics
3B
Alarm- and -dispatch and prehospital care in the Scandinavian countries - recent controversies
3C
Free Papers
A Scandinavian focused Update on key studies in Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Erika Christensen
Alarm- and dispatch in the Scandinavian countries - what are the differences and do they affect quality and patient safety?
Freddy Lippert
Why I think Chest-Compression-Only is the way to go to improve outcome in cardiac arrest, and ERC not
Jacob Hollenberg
Alarm- and dispatch  - w hy I think the one number (112) discussion is a matter of life and death
(PRO-CON debate)
Mads Gilbert
Improving outcome and out-come prediction in resuscitation – still room for improvements?
Ilkka Virkunnen
How to save lives and ease the pain, but remain within the budget frame. Organising a large urban ambulance service – experiences from the past and challenges in the future
Mats Kihlgren
HEMS, medical and non-medical staffing, flight and patient safety - what's up and what's new?
Daniel P Davis
Prehospital emergency care – lessons learned in Sweden and what we all can learn from them
Poul Kongstad
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 4A
The Emergency Department - the missing link?
4B
Trauma, disaster and emergency care - documentation and outcome
4C
Free Papers
Emergency medicine, emergency care, EMS and co-operation: the Danish perspective
Petter Hallas
Documentation of process of care in trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine – why and how? Research and statistics, quality improvement and management purposes
Erik Skogvoll
Organising emergency care in  "the emergency room" – how was it done in the past and how must it be done in the future? A Norwegian perspective
Per Meinich
Centralisation and specialisation of hospitals is based on what? Quality of care, patient safety, cost-effectiveness, or politics? Using trauma as an example
Olav Røise
How to organise  a large multi-speciality Emergency Department? Who is in charge? Does Triage of patients really help? What about the not so critically ill and injured patients? Does anybody really care? Experiences from a Norwegian University Hospital
Ole Christian Langlo & Ole Kristen Zweidorff
Documentation and process control during civilian disasters - do we have a clue about what is going on?
Anders Rüter
15.00 - 15.30
Coffebreak
15.30 - 17.00 4A
Emergency medical teams
4B
Neurotrauma
4C
Free Papers
The prehospital emergency team – does it function the way it should? What about patient safety?
Guttorm Brattebø
Neurotrauma and neurointensive care in the future – an overview.
Martin Rusnak
Physician manned helicopters - just a flying ambulance, or a flying ICU as well?
TBA
Neurotrauma and neurointensive care – a European perspective on clinical guidelines and other ways to improve quality of care
Walter Mauritz
Emergency teams - what make them function and what not?
Wolfgang Ummenhofer
The Neurotrauma Chain of Survival - what the neurosurgeon needs to know and what the prehospital care provider should do!
Niels Juul and Vagn Eskesen
The response to out-of-hospital emergencies is one thing but what about in-hospital emergencies?  An update on the Rapid Response Team concept and its future role in Scandinavia
Anders Åneman
The Neurotrauma Chain of Survival - what the neurosurgeon needs to know and what the prehospital care provider should do!
Niels Juul and Vagn Eskesen

SATURDAY APRIL 25

09.00 - 10.30 5A
Disaster and prehospital emergency medicine, part 1
5B
Resuscitation and emergency cardiac care
New Scandinavian guidelines for prehospital airway management – the basic parts are as important as the advanced ones!
Per Kristian Hyldmo
Emergency angiography and PCI in post-resuscitation patients? Worth the time and money?
Alf Inge Larsen
How to organise high quality prehospital and in-hospital emergency care in rural and artic surroundings – an update from exotic Iceland
Bjørn Gunnarsson
Prehospital cooling in post-resusciation is the way to go to further improve outcome
TBA
The Norwegian general practitioners' experiences as emergency physicians
Erik Zakariassen
Prehopsital cooling? Not so sure about that (PRO-CON Debate)
TBA
The traditional community and doctor based emergency care system in
Norway – can it survive?
Steinar Hunskår
TBA
10.30 - 11.00
Coffebreak
11.00 - 13.00
5A
Disaster and prehospital emergency medicine, part 2
5B
Hot topics and remaining controversies
An update on Trauma and Resuscitation is OK, but what about Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine in Scandinavia?
Anders Rüter
What will it take to become an Emergency Care and HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service)  Physician in the future? A lot! 
Stepehen Sollid    
Training the whole community based response team in prehospital trauma care - experiences with a new national system
Jan Barstad
Wait a minute - be reasonable. (PRO-CON DEBATE)
Per Bredmose
Mission Possible ! What can we all learn from working in poor countries?
Jannicke Mellin-Olsen
TBA
Rapid extrication of entrapped patients saves lives – OK, but show me the evidence
Jan Barstad
If early endotracheal intubation and controlled ventilation are so crucial in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, do we know if they get it? An overview of the Scandinavian neurotrauma systems
Jouni Kurola