The Programme - Preliminary Key Topics
Sessions focusing the Standards in HEMS and Air Ambulance
- for attendants from evolving services
- for cross-professional listeners from established systems
- for stakeholders from health care systems, aviation authorities and governmental institutions
Aviation
- The principles of flying in HEMS – what are the specific challenges
- Technical requirements for an appropriate flight operation
- Safety Management considerations
- Selection and training of flight crews
- The interface to aviation authorities
- Maintenance Organization Considerations in the context of HEMS and Air Ambulance services
Medicine
- The principles of medical care during air transport and in hostile environment
- Equipment considerations for out-of-hospital care
- Selection and training of medical personnel
- From evidence to guidelines to operational reality in HEMS and Air Ambulance
- Various perspectives on quality of care
- Thorough integration of HEMS in a health care system
Management
- Organizational set-ups for providing HEMS or Air Ambulance services
- Principles of High Reliability Organisations for safety and continuous improvement
- The ideal HEMS base
- Mission profile considerations and crew compositions
- Business continuity management in the context of public services
- Crucial aspects in various financing models
Sessions focusing the Advanced Challenges in HEMS and Air Ambulance
- for attendants from well-established, experienced services
- for experts in the specific field
Aviation
- Requirements for advanced flight operations
- Future trends for a best possible availability of HEMS
- Evaluation of variables in hoist operations
- The future role of drones for emergency response services and healthcare systems
Medicine
- Evaluation of dispatch strategies
- Improvement of velocity in out-of-hospital care
- Assessment of evidence for innovative interventions and techniques
- Challenges of special patient groups:
Infectious diseases, obese patients, neonatal transfers, etc. - Organ assist devices in rotary and fixed wing operations
Management
- Safety culture and quality management – need for learning organizations
- Cost-benefit analysis in HEMS and Air Ambulance
- Diligent evaluation of innovations and trends
- Personnel requirements and recruiting strategies
Sessions with significance for all attendants
- Multi-professional training strategies
- Crew Resource Management customization for HEMS and Air Ambulance
- Mass casualties and disaster response
- The visibility of HEMS – chance and burden
- Crisis Management in HEMS and Air Ambulance organizations
- Ethical considerations under extreme conditions
Preliminary Key Topics for download:
Keynotes
- Enhancement of medical care in HEMS, Air Ambulance, and under hostile conditions
- Reasonable integration of aeromedical services into health care systems
- Personnel requirements and selection of pilots and medical personnel
- Developments and challenges in flight operations
- Safety, quality, and efficiency in HEMS and Air Ambulance
- Managing high reliability organizations for aeromedical services
- Diligent evaluation of innovations and trends
- Training needs and training concepts for safe operations
- Cross professional competence for a patient centered care in HEMS and Air Ambulance operations
- Anything out of the box to discuss between experts what is relevant for the future of air medical services