Asian Emergency Medical System (EMS) Council

A/Prof Marcus Ong

Chair, Asian EMS Council

Singapore General Hospital

TIME CONTENT

1100 – 1105hr Chairman’s Address: Overview of Asian EMS Council (A/Prof Marcus Ong)

1105 – 1125hr Top 10 Issues in Asian EMS Council (Dr Ng Yih Yng)

1125 – 1130hr Results from Consensus Meeting on Giving CPR on Ambulance Transport (A/Prof Marcus Ong)

1130 – 1155hr Implementation of Dispatch CPR in Arizona (Prof Bentley Bobrow)

1155 – 1205hr Pakistan and its EMS Systems (A/Prof Junaid Razzak)

1205 – 1215hr PAROS Initiatives in Indonesia (Pilot Data from Malang) (Dr Ali Haedar)

1215 – 1225hr Saudi Arabia and its EMS System (Dr Khalid Abu Haimed)

1225 – 1235hr Qatar and its EMS System (Dr Hassan Al-Thani)

1235 – 1300hr Panel Discussion: Future of Asian EMS Council (Prof Hideharu Tanaka, Dr Brent Myers, Dr G Y Naroo)

1300hr END – Closing Remarks (A/Prof Marcus Ong)

Objective Promote and advocate Pre-hospital care/EMS in Asia

Focus for Membership Individual-based, community-focused physicians actively involving in EMS and Pre-hospital care medicine

ADVISORY MEMBERS

• Ron Pirrallo (USA) • Ritu Sahni (USA) • David Cone (USA) • Ex-Officio: Sang Do Shin (Korea)

BOARD MEMBERS

• Chair: Marcus Ong (Singapore) • Vice Chair: Hideharu Tanaka (Japan) • Secretary: Ng Yih Yng (Singapore) • Axel Siu (Hong Kong) • Nathida Sumetchotimaytha (Thailand) • Omer Al Sakaf (UAE) • Junaid Razzak (Pakistan) • Patrick Ko (Taiwan) • Chiang Wen Chu (Taiwan) • Kyoung Jun Song (Korea) • Cai Wen Wei (China) • Dr Sarah Abdul Karim (Malaysia) • A/Prof Paul Middleton (Australia) • Dr Tatsuya Nishiuchi (Japan) • Dr Ali Haedar (Indonesia)

Participation and Not Representation Based

Mission of Asian EMS Council 1. Promote sharing of experience of other EMS systems 2. Act as advocates for EMS to different communities 3. Create opportunities for education and training for EMS physicians

and providers 4. Collaborate with each other for advancement of EMS systems 5. Undertake research projects on pre-hospital care

Pan

Asian

Resuscitation

Outcomes

Study

Executive Committee (EXCO)

Chair Co-Chair 1 rep from SCRI (COO or designee)

2 rep nominated from each country

Network Biostat (SCRI)

CRN Manager (non-voting)

Training & Admin Coordinator (non-voting)

Membership will be defined by its Executive Committee on the basis of participation which will be reviewed annually.

Participation refers to: Contribution of patients

Contributions to study protocol

Other inputs to the study/network

Respond to queries within 2 weeks

Past Asian EMS Council activities: 1. Consensus Meeting for Giving CPR during Ambulance

Transport (Korea, Aug 2011) 2. EMS Summer Symposium – the Korean Council of EMS

Physicians 2011 (Korea, Aug 2011) 3. EMS Leader and Medical Director Workshop (Taiwan, Nov

2011) 4. Public Access Defibrillation International Symposium

(Taiwan, Dec 2011) 5. NAEMSP Asian Relations Committee Meeting (Arizona, Jan

2012) 6. International Congress on Emergency Medical Services

(India, Feb 2012), Asian EMS Showcase: Current Issues

Current & Upcoming Asian EMS Council activities: 1. EMS Leader and Medical Director Workshop (Dubai, Apr

2012) 2. 1st International Pre-hospital Care Conference (Dubai, Apr

2012) 3. EMS Asia 2012 Conference (Malaysia, Sep 2012) (Consensus meeting/statement on Ambulance Safety) 4. EMS Leader and Medical Director Workshop (Japan, Nov 2012) 5. PAROS Meetings in Japanese Association for Acute Medicine Annual Meeting (Japan, Nov 2012)