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Guest Editor’s Comment Now is the moment to put co-operation at the heart of European EMS Freddy Lippert, MD CEO Capital Region Copenhagen and co-founder of EMS2016 Produced in partnership with This issue of Ambulance Today is a historic one. It is the spring issue preceding the first European Emergency Medical Services Congress, EMS2016, which will be taking place in Copenhagen from May 30th until June 1st. EMS2016 will not only be the first of its kind, it will also be a platform for obtaining further much-needed co-operation between EMSsystems. Significant things are happening in Europe right now - not only the recent terror attacks in Paris, Ankara and Brussels but also the surge of refugees moving through Europe. The tragic and worrying nature of these events should remind us all that the role of EMS is becoming increasingly more vital to the individuals and communities we serve. We experience a growing public expectation of the level of healthcare we provide to our communities 24-7. All of which means that now - more than ever - it is important that we make a special effort to share the latest knowledge and technology and to cooperate across Europe and beyond to identify best practice. This is vital if we intend to find effective new solutions to the healthcare challenges we all face. This understanding of the urgent need to share knowledge with each other is one of the primary reasons we are organizing the first European EMS congress. A European EMS Leadership Network will also be launched at EMS2016. The primary purpose of this new network will be to allow EMS countries to explore each other’s strengths and limitations and to outline a shared vision for our European emergency care system. This new European Leadership Network will come together regularly to identify and develop the strategies needed to reach both our common and local EMS goals. You can read more about our exciting new network inside this edition. The area of pre-hospital emergency care and EMS has advanced at a steady but increasingly rapid pace during the last decades. This development is due to the dedicated efforts of ardent EMS pioneers who have given careful thought to the shaping of our modern EMS systems. There is no better example of this than the person we have invited to open EMS2016. We are greatly honored that our inaugural keynote speaker will be Professor Douglas Chamberlain. Douglas is also known as the father of modern paramedic practice. He was the first to recognize the need for, and then implement, resuscitation training for British ambulance personnel. Furthermore over more than five decades he has led the way by encouraging EMS leaders globally to recognize the value of sharing good practice and innovations in pre-hospital care. Modern EMSsystems and pre-hospital medicine are now emerging further towards an evidence-based practice. But the question is: How can we best translate knowledge and science into clinical practice? This exact question was put sharply in focus when Emergency Medical Services leaders, researchers, and experts from across the world convened in June 2015 at Utstein Abbey in Norway, to address the challenge of how to increase community cardiac arrest survival and how to achieve implementation of best practices and worthwhile programs. The answer: a call to establish a Global Resuscitation Alliance as a concrete means to catalyze improvements in survival. The Global Resuscitation Alliance will provide the tools and support needed for communities to put on local programs modelled after the Resuscitation Academy and thereby promote and implement best practices. The Global Resuscitation Alliance will be established at a follow-up Utstein meeting with additional experts, preceding EMS2016 and will be announced during the congress. This is a giant achievement. The first Utstein meeting 25 years ago defined the terminology and standard for reporting results. Since then the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) are collecting, reviewing and sharing international scientific data on resuscitation and emergency care. And now the new Global Resuscitation Alliance progresses by implementation of science and best practices internationally. You can read more about the Alliance and the Resuscitation Academy in this issue. In line with this you can also read about the aspiring Scottish 2020-strategy which aims to double OHCA survival rates across Scotland. Inside this edition you will find new articles on ventilation, pain management and pre-hospital cardiac care alongside interesting articles from some of the world’s most respected and influential EMS leaders. To mention a few: articles by Dr Jeff Clawson, founder of the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED), Peter Bradley, CBE, CEO of St John New Zealand and Chuck Kearns, President of the USA’s National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). The theme in this issue of Ambulance Today is that no matter how hard we all strive in our respective EMS silos, unless we make time to share our experiences and challenges and to co-operate with each other to take that vital next step forward, much of our well-intentioned effort will regrettably be wasted. Therefore, EMS2016 will provide a unique opportunity for us all to meet and network in Copenhagen and share our EMS knowledge and influence the future of EMS in Europe and abroad. Thanks to Ambulance Today for the persistent work it has done to encourage EMS groups across the world to share knowledge, forge innovation partnerships and provide an editorial platform which showcases new EMS developments to all of us who are eager to build strong EMS partnerships. On behalf of all of those who have worked tirelessly to make EMS2016 a success – particularly our hardworking team in Copenhagen and my co-founders of the congress, Dr Fionna Moore of London Ambulance Service and Jerry Overton of IAED and our Scientific Committee including Professor Lars S. Rasmussen and Professor Doris Østergaard. We should also appreciate the support we receive from our partner the Danish foundation TrygFonden, the Laerdal Foundation and our main sponsors and exhibitors who warmly welcome you all to a new and innovative congress. Be prepared for surprises and don’t miss it. Freddy Lippert, MD CEO, EMS Copenhagen, co-founder of EMS2016 and co-chair of Utstein Implementation Spring 2016 | Ambulancetoday 3
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