Final Programme - EUSEM 2012

INDUSTRY SESSIONS
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> ABBOTT GOLD SPONSOR SYMPOSIUM :
THE IMPACT OF LEAN PROCESSES AND BEDSIDE TESTING ON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT METRICS
Speakers: Adam J. Singer, MD (Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY),
Marc Baker (Senior Faculty Lean Enterprise Academy, Director Visual Healthcare Solutions, Goodrich, United Kingdom)
> WEINMANN SYMPOSIUM :
FROM BLS (BASIC LIFE SUPPORT) TO ILS (INTERMEDIATE LIFE SUPPORT).
Moderator: Dr Florian Reifferscheid, University Hospital of Kiel (Germany)
Challenges in pre- and intra-hospital BLS - can medical technology help to optimize procedures for a more ergonomically process and a
better outcome?
Years of worldwide research have shown that only with a proper BLS from bystanders or first responder teams the later arriving ALS (advanced
life support) teams could be successful.
In pre-hospital EMS (emergency medical system) work or in intra-hospital resuscitation we are facing the same challenges.
Performing a proper BLS to shorten the “no-circulation” time and than a functional chain of survival are essential to improve patients’ outcome.
However it seems to be more difficult to offer more than BLS for less trained rescuers or nurses in periphery wards.
The “hands-off-patient-time” has to be as short as possible. Concerning layperson BLS “chest compression only” is recommended if ventilation
seems to be impossible. Early defibrillation is still mandatory, after 3 minutes patients need to be oxygenated. But how if securing an airway
and mechanical ventilation are difficult to learn and hinder from chest compression?
During this lecture we will have a close look to the most important topics and most challenging parts of professional life support for first
responders, basic ambulance teams, disaster relief units and medical staff outside the ER (emergency room) or ICU (intensive care unit).
We will ask and answer the question:
Can medical technology help to optimize procedures for a more ergonomically process and a better outcome?
Is that the way to improve the step between laypersons first aid and ALS?
The evolution of BLS to ILS, intermediate life supportthe
“Gold Standard” between BLS and ALS?