Scientific Programme
The 2027 Scientific Programme overview is now fully available.
Explore pioneering research, discover cutting-edge scientific advancements, and engage in essential sessions that influence the evolution of prehospital emergency medicine. Take part in hands-on sessions, let the experts demonstrate their skills and standard operating procedures.
(Changes in the Scientific Programme may occur)
Monday 6 December
13:00 – 14:00
Registration and lunch
Time
Main Session
Main Hall
14:00 – 14:15
Opening ceremony
14:15-16:15
Main Hall
Key notes
Chair: Marius Rehn
The thin line between success and failure in prehospital critical care.
Richard Lyon
Civil crises and military conflicts, the role of HEMS.
Sanna Hoppu
HEMS and the hidden reserve in human factors.
Bernd Lang
The rise and fall of pre-hospital advanced interventions: where do we stand?.
Zane Perkins
18:00
Reception
Get together
Dinner and socialising
Aperitifs in the reception
Tuesday 7 December
Time
Main Session
Breakaway Session
Workshop / Expert Panel Discussion
09:00 – 10:30
Main Hall
Aim for the Best
Building and developing a cutting edge HEMS
Chair: Mike Christian
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance.
Jo Griggs / Richard Lyon
FinnHEMS 1.0 Vanta.
Susanne Ångerman
ÖAMTC Air Rescue.
Klaus Scwarzenberger / Wolfgang Voelckel
Swiss Air-Rescue REGA.
Roland Albrecht
Breakaway Hall
Aim for the best
Human factors and non-technical skills: have we only revealed the top of the iceberg
Chair: Bernd Lang
Psychological well-being of HEMS personell: where do we stand and what do we know?
Karina Damsgaard
Performing under pressure: how understanding personality preferences enhances HEMS teamwork
Rogier Horn
Beyond technical skills: the emotinal edge of safety
Eleonora Avil
Breakaway Hall
Aim for the best
Recent flight operational developments that will increase safety and regularity in HEMS
Chair: Amanda Tijben
TBA.
10:30 – 11:30
Break and exhibition visit
Lille Sal (next to the Main Hall)
Poster Walk
11:30 – 13:00
Main Hall
Be Prepared
HEMS preparedness and direct/hybrid threats
Chair: Sanna Hoppu
GPS jamming in hybrid warfare.
Nicolai Gerrard
The implementation of a prepardness plan in FinnHEMS.
Jari Huhtinen
HEMS preparedness and the interface between military and civil air rescue.
Rolf Folland
The role of the civil prehospital EMS in war: are we prepared?
Stephan Prückner
Breakaway Hall
The freezing cold
Accidental Hypothermia and HEMS
Chair: Sigurd Mydske
Accidental hypothermia and HEMS: where do we stand?
Peter Paal
Impact of hypothermia in avalanche victims.
Giacomo Strapazzon
Shivering vs. non-shivering patients in accidental hypothermia.
Ane Marthe Helland
HELP score and and bridging to in-hospital eCPR in Poland
Konrad Mendrala, Tomasz Darocha, Paweł Podsiadlo
Workshop / Expert Panel Discussion
Prehospital Airway Management research – where do we stand, where do we go?
A minisymposium summing up published research, current evidence and discussing knowledge gaps and future priorities
Chair: Michael Gellerfors
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Main hall
Hot Topics
Hot topics in prehospital critical care. Get the latest, fresh from the frontline
Chair: Susanne Ångerman
TBA
Breakaway Hall
The HEMS Team and the Patient
The crew, the patient and the next of kin, communicative perspectives and psychological interactions
Chair: Karina Damsgaard
TBA
Workshop / Expert Panel Discussion
Accidental hypothermia research – where do we stand, where do we go?
A minisymposium summing up published research, current evidence and discussing knowledge gaps and future priorities
Chair: Sigurd Mydske
15:00 – 16:00
Break and exhibition visit
Lille Sal (next to the Main Hall)
Poster Walk
16:00 – 17:00
Main hall
To intubate or not to intubate
Prehospital Airway Management in HEMS.
Chair: Mikael Gellerfors
Multi trauma and hemorrhagic shock
TBA
Isolated traumatic brain injury
Michael Gellerfors
The difficult airway and HEMS: how to prepare
Susanne Ångerman
Cardiac arrest and eCPR
Dinis dos Reis Miranda
Breakaway Hall
Show, convince, enable
Clinical challenges and clinical governance in HEMS
Chair: Johannes Strobel
One case, full circle
Mike Christian
What’s in it for me?
Leif Rognås
Getting started and overcoming resistance
Richard Lyon
Workshop / Expert Panel Discussion
Transoesophageal ECHO in HEMS – a continous monitoring of CPR
Expert panel discussion. Is transoesophageal ECHO as continuous monitoring in CPR feasible in HEMS
Chair: Paal Lindenskov
18:00 – 19:30
Soria Moria Hotel Bar
Holmgang
Holmgang is an informal competition based on Viking traditions. You can socialize while specially selected abstract authors humorously and seriously present the importance of their work. A panel of experts will challenge them, and the audience gets to vote as well.
20:00
Soria Moria Hotel Restaruant
Dinner
Dinner is served at the restaurant.
Wednesday 8 December
Time
Main Session
Breakaway Session
Workshop / Expert Panel Discussion
07:00
Forest near Soria Moria Hotel
Early morning torchlight walk
An evocative, early morning walk in the forest near the Hotel. You will be supplied with a torch, but need tot bring warm clothing and solid footwear.
09:00 – 09:45
Main hall
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Honorary Lecture
Chair: Editor in Chief Professor Marius Rehn
09:45 – 10:30
Break and exhibition visit
10:30 – 12:00
Main hall
High acuity low occurence (HALO) in HEMS
Chair: Wolfgang Voelckel
eCPR
Dinis dos Reis Miranda
REBOA
Jostein Brede
Thoracotomy
Zane Perkins
Resuscitative Hysterotomy
Łukasz Skorupa
Breakaway Hall
HEMS Management – saving money or saving lives. Or both?
Chair: Jari Huhtinen
After 40 years with a national governmental run HEMS in Norway: what have we learnt and what are the future perspectives?
Einar Johan Tveit
Dimensioning a tender: based on emotions, populism or evidence?
Leif Olstad
Keeping up with developments and demands: the ÖAMTC perspective
Klaus Schwarzenberger
Panel discussion
Frédéric Bruder
Mike Christian
Tom Judge
Stephan Prückner
Breakaway Hall
Rescue techniques in HEMS – the state of the art
Chair: Håvard Mattingsdal
TBA
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Main Hall
eCPR in HEMS – the whole picture
Breaking borders: The Dutch experience
Chair: Dinis dos Reis Miranda
Why we did it, how we did it – and did we succed?
Dinis dos Reis Miranda
eCPR in HEMS: the psycological impact on the crews
Charlotte Duringhof
Pediatric eCPR and HEMS
Xavier Moors
eCPR in HEMS: the ethical dilemmas
Ellen Weelink
Implementing “Dutch” eCPR in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance: challenges and pitfalls
Richard Lyon
Quality in HEMS – which are the true dimensions?
Chair: Wolfgang Voelckel
Intro:
A case story
TBA
What are the expectations from the governments?
Stephan Prückner
Human factors and quality
Bernd Lang
Key factors in measuring quality in HEMS
Helge Haugland
Ultrasound in HEMS
Facilitators: Nils Petter Oveland, Jim Connolly
TBA