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We are proud to present the members of our Scientific Committee, representing international leading experts in helicopter emergency services (HEMS). Their combined expertise ensures the highest academic quality and relevance of the conference programme. The Committee is chaired by Professor Marius Rehn.
Susanne Ångerman is a Finnish physician specializing in anaesthesia and prehospital emergency medicine, with extensive experience in HEMS. She is currently serving as associate chief physician for HEMS at Helsinki University Hospital. Her research has advanced the implementation of standardized protocols in the HEMS environment, ensuring that complex interventions, such as emergency anesthesia and prehospital blood transfusion, are performed with high safety and efficacy. She has contributed to optimizing on-scene times, increasing the first pass success rates of prehospital intubations, and improving the recognition of prehospital blood transfusion needs in non-trauma patients.
Urs Pietsch is a trained anesthesiologist and intensivist with many years of experience in Swiss air rescue as a prehospital physician and intensive care physician. He is currently Deputy Head of Intensive Care Medicine at the Cantonal Hospital St Gallen/Switzerland. He has an academic career in which he has conducted research on prehospital airway management, alpine air rescue, simulation in EMS and critical care. He is passionate about patient safety, prehospital care under extreme conditions – both in his research and in his profession.
M.Sc. in Industrial Management and MBA, Jari Huhtinen is the CEO of FinnHEMS Ltd and Accountable Manager of FinnHEMS Flight Services Ltd. FinnHEMS is a government-owned national HEMS operator in Finland. Together with the well-being counties operating university hospitals, FinnHEMS is responsible for prehospital critical care from eight bases across the country. In recent years, the effectiveness of HEMS in Finland has been an active area of research. As a result, a governmental working group has published a strategy document outlining future value drivers for HEMS.
Mikael Gellerfors is a senior consultant in anesthesiology and intensive care. He works as a HEMS Doctor with Dalarna Ambulance Helicopter, Stockholm Ambulance Helicopter and as an anesthesiologist at the trauma unit of Karolinska University Hospital. Mikael is associate professor at the Karolinska Institute and research director for the Swedish Air Ambulance. He has been medical director for several prehospital services and has served on multiple prehospital expert groups.
Marius Rehn is a consultant anaesthesiologist and HEMS doctor working at the air ambulance department and Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital. He is a senior researcher in the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and a clinical professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo. He holds an adjunct professorship at the University of Southern Denmark and is Editor-in-chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine.
Bernd Lang has a degree in Health Management and Health Science. During these studies he specialized in human factors and learning processes as well as on organizational behavior and management systems. Bernd joined ÖAMTC Air Rescue in 2005 and currently acts there as Training Director and Compliance Manager, focusing on the areas Training & Learning, Research & Development and Quality & Compliance. He is an Aeromedical Crew Resource Management (ACRM) trainer and chairman of the EHAC ACRM working group.
Leif Rognås is an anaesthesiologist with more than 15 years of experience from several different pre-hospital critical care services in both Denmark and the UK. He is currently working in a split role as Base Lead Clinician and Head of Development for The Danish Air Ambulance and as a Consultant Anaesthesiologist at Aarhus University Hospital. Leif holds a PhD in pre-hospital advanced airway management and is the Danish National Coordinator for The REBOARREST Trial as well as an associate editor for The Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine.
David Lockey is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesia. He works clinically in Bristol at Southmead Hospital and at the Air Ambulances in London and Wales. He has worked at London’s Air Ambulance for many years holding clinical, research and trustee roles in the organisation. Since 2018 he has also been National Director of the Emergency Medical and Retrieval Service in Wales. He is an Honorary Professor at Bristol University and Honorary Clinical Professor at Queen Mary University London. He currently holds the Gibson Professorship at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Our warmest thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to last year’s conference!
With delegates from 29 countries, it was an amazing three days filled with engaging discussions and valuable meetings with fellow HEMS professionals.
We can’t wait to welcome you to Oslo in two years. In the meantime, relive highlights from last year’s conference. Swipe to see the photos!
The Oslo HEMS Conference could not take place without the support of our partners and we very much value the relationships that we continue to forge with all of them.
For the first time in history, Oslo HEMS Conference welcomed the HEMS community in Europe, including excellent speakers and representatives from various services and manufacturers within HEMS, to the Soria Moria Hotel, for an extraordinary week of learning and sharing. The Conference took place from Monday, December 4 to Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in fairytale surroundings on the outskirts of Oslo.