Oslo HEMS Conference

Dr Anne Kristine Bergem

Anne Kristine Bergem is a medical doctor and specialist in psychiatry. She has further education in violence risk assessment and management. She has worked clinically as a senior physician, and served as a professional leader. Bergem has been an editor and author of several books and scientific articles. She previously held an associate professor position at the Department of Paramedicine at OsloMet. Currently, she is a special advisor at the Norwegian Psychiatric Association.

Prof Stephen Sollid

Stephen J. M. Sollid is Professor of Prehospital Critical care at Stavanger University in Norway and secretary general of the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation. He is a trained anaesthesiologist with his clinical work predominantly as a prehospital critical care physician in the Norwegian air-ambulance system since 2002. His research merits are in patient safety and prehospital critical care.

Prof Jacob Steinmetz

Jacob Steinmetz, MD, PhD, is a Professor in Prehospital Emergency Medicine and a consultant in anaesthesiology in Copenhagen, Denmark. He currently works as a clinical anaesthetist, prehospital emergency physician and part time researcher. With 120 publications his work has appeared in leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of the American Medical Association.

Karina Damsgaard Nørby

Karina Damsgaard Nørby is a psychologist specializing in Emergency Medicine, with expertise in mental health in high-stress environments, crisis intervention, and psychological first aid. She is the HEMS Psychologist with the Danish Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, where she supports frontline personnel and conducts research on trauma-exposed professionals. Karina is a former Crisis Psychologist in the Danish Defense.

Dr Tom Hurst

Dr Tom Hurst is the Medical Director of London’s Air Ambulance. Tom is a consultant in pre-hospital care and also consultant in intensive care medicine at King’s College Hospital. He has been actively involved in pre-hospital care since first working for London’s Air Ambulance in 2008. His clinical interests include brain injury and cardiovascular support. Tom spent around eight years working as a trauma team leader and five years as part of the ECMO group at King’s.

Dr Karianne Larsen

Karianne Larsen, MD, PhD, is a Neurologist and researcher at Oslo University Hospital, Dep. of Neurology and The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation (Prehospital Acute Brain Program). Her research interests include prehospital assessment of the acutely ill and injured brain, especially prehospital advanced diagnostics and treatment of acute stroke. Larsen is President Elect in the PRE-hospital Stroke Treatment Organization (PRESTO).

MD Ane Marthe Helland

Ane Helland is a medical doctor, PhD-candidate, and enrolled in the British DiMM. She is part of the Mountain Medicine Research Group at The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation where she is working on experimental hypothermia.

Dr Mona Guterud

Dr Mona Guterud is a Paramedic and Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation. She holds a PhD and has 18 years of experience in ambulance services. Her research focuses on advancing prehospital emergency care, drawing from her frontline experience to enhance patient outcomes and system efficiency. With particular expertise in prehospital stroke care, she is dedicated to improving triage to ensure patients receive the right care as early as possible.

MD Vegard Nordviste

Vegard Nordviste is a medical doctor and full-time researcher at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation. With previous experience in ambulance services, he is currently leading the Norwegian clinical trial Dual Defib, a study investigating the use of dual sequential external defibrillation (DSED) and its potential impact on survival in prehospital cardiac arrest patients.