Welcome to the Global EMS Forum!
This information page outlines the latest info about this new and innovative Global EMS Forum. The Mission of the Global EMS Forum is:
"The Global EMS Forum is a gathering together of like-minded health care professionals and providers caring for patients in the fields of pre-hospital, out-of-hospital, ambulance and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) from diverse environments who believe that the interests of these patients are best served by shared experience, knowledge and practice between providers from different systems globally. The aim of this collaboration is to improve the care that can be provided to save life and prevent further injury or illness, and caring for those who are in urgent need." Enhancing EMS care globally through shared experience, knowledge and practice The Global EMS Forum will be holding a number of interactive, virtual, global electronic seminars each year - these are "Webinars", and it is possible for anyone anywhere in the world with an internet connection and a computer to participate in real time in shared global dialogue on cross cutting themes in EMS.(see links for example Webinars below ) To register your details with the Global EMS Forum, so that you can be notified in advance of forthcoming Webinars, please go to the Registration of Interest link. There is no charge for registering or participating in the Global EMS Forum for individual members. Please contact the Global EMS Forum directly for Stakeholder, Association and Corporate membership rates and sponsorship opportunities.
Please note - Archived recroded links are being transitioned to new server - all handouts remain accessible during this time. Thank you!
**October 29, 2009 TRB Ambulance Transport Safety Summit Downloads**
The interdisciplinary 2009 TRB Ambulance Transport Safety Summit was held on Thursday, October 29th, 2009, Washington DC - and via Interactive Webinar - by the EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
- for a link to information regarding this Summit, Recorded Synopsis and gratis handout downloads, click on this TRB National Academies banner
**The October 23, 2009 Global EMS Forum Webinar Event**
' Safety in the Back - Ergonomics and Automotive Safety Engineering Challenges'
The Global EMS Forum held its Northern Hemisphere Fall and Southern Hemisphere Spring Webinar Forum during the UK BASICS conference at WyBostonLakes UK, Friday October, 23 2009, at 14.30pm BST time, (Friday 23, 09.30am EDT USA, 00.30 am Saturday October, 24, EDT Australia)
Speakers included:
Transportation and Injury Research - Nadine Levick MD, MPH, FACEM, EMS Safety Foundation
EMS Operational Ergonomist - Chris Fitzgerald CPE, Risk and Injury Management Services
Automotive Safety Engineering - Gene Lukianov ME, Objective Safety
Access the Webinar RECORDING link here - .
CLICK HERE FOR THE RECORDING LINK FOR THE OCTOBER 23rd, 2009 GLOBAL EMS FORUM WEBINAR "SAFETY IN THE BACK - Ergonomics and Automotive Safety Engineering Challenges" Access to the Webinar is GRATIS.
HANDOUT download
A copy of a .pdf of the October "Safety in the Back" Webinar presentation handout can be downloaded gratis here -
- 'Safety in the Back - Ergonomics and Automotive Safety Engineering Challenges'
*The Spring 2009 Global EMS Forum Webinar Event*
'Rettmobil-WADEM: Bridging Global Perspectives' *The Fall 2008 Global EMS Forum Webinar Event*
'Running Hot or Not? Exploration of Practice,Challenges and Benefits' *The Spring 2008 Global EMS Forum Webinar Event*
'AMBULANCE VEHICLE SAFETY DESIGN STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD' To register interest in the Global EMS Forum, please go to the Registration of Interest link.
For further Global EMS Forum information in the interim, please click here to email the Global EMS Forum directly or email at contact@GlobalEMSForum.org Global EMS Forum Brochure:
The October 2007 Global EMS Forum Webinar Event
'BEING SEEN AT THE SCENE' The Global EMS Forum Webinar Events
All who have completed the Registration of Interest Form will receive automatic email notification and invitation for forthcoming Webinars and activities, and please do submit your topics of interest.
**** Inaugural Global EMS Forum Webinar
**** Global EMS Forum Scientific Meeting Presentations
Register Your Interest
To register interest in the Global EMS Forum, please go to the Registration of Interest link. There is no charge for registering or participating in the Global EMS Forum for individual members. The Global EMS Forum was launched at a number of sites globally during in 2007: NAEMSP Conference - Naples, Florida in January 2007 and WADEM - Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2007. Global Networking Events:
Networking Event info: The first Global EMS Forum Webinar was held on Wednesday April 25th 2007 at midday USA Eastern Standard time , in conjunction with the WHO Road Safety Week - it was on the theme of Global EMS and Road Safety - Should you wish to view a sample recorded 'Webinar' Please click on these links,to experience a Global EMS Webinar and it is FREE.
The Global EMS Forum's latest Webinar, was held during both Rettmobil in Fulda, Germany, and WADEM on Friday May 15th, 2009, 7am Pacific Time, 10 am USA EDT, 4pm German time
Webinar Recording Link
Access to the recording is available here, and gratis, by
- clicking here .
HANDOUT
A copy of a .pdf of the May "Bridging perspectives" Webinar presentation handout can be downloaded gratis here, we are standing by for some photos -
- Rettmobil-WADEM: Bridging Perspectives
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The Global EMS Forum's most recent Webinar, was held during the BASICS Conference in Birmingham, UK on Saturday September 27th 2008
LIVE RECORDING
The live recording is now also available here, and gratis. A link to the recording of Webinar - is accessible directly by
- clicking here .
HANDOUT
A copy of a .pdf of the September "Running Hot or Not" Webinar presentation can be downloaded gratis here -
- Running Hot or Not.pdf
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The Global EMS Forum's third Webinar, was held during the ICEM Conference in San Francisco on April 4th 2008.
Link to the recording is below
The Global EMS Forum thanks our hosts - the San Francisco EMS Agency -
We were very fortunate to have a guest panel of speakers, covering a number of aspects of the issue of ambulance standards and safety performance -
SPEAKER PANEL
Including -
John Killeen, Australia
Nadine Levick, USA
Darren Walter, UK
LIVE RECORDING
The live recording is now also available here, and gratis. To view this recorded Global EMS Forum Webinar on the 'Ambulance Vehicle Safety Design Standards Around the World' presentation!
- click on this link to veiw 'Ambulance Vehicle Safety Design Standards Around the World' presentation.
Duration is 50 minutes, including question time
HANDOUT
An electronic handout .pdf handout of the 'Ambulance Vehicle Safety Design Standards Around the World' Webinar presentation can be downloaded gratis here
- Ambulance Vehicle Safety Design Standards Around the World .pdf handout
Live participation in these Webinars is Gratis and first come first served. Priority is for those who have registered with the Global EMS Forum
Registration of Interest form to participate in the Global EMS forum is is available online at the link below.
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A .pdf of the brochure outlining the Global EMS Forum presented and discussed at the NAEMSP meeting is downloadable here:
- for letter format 3 fold brochure
and
- for A4 format 3 fold brochure
Please feel free to download, print and distribute this brochure.
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The Global EMS Forum's second Webinar, titled "Being Seen at the Scene: Visibility and Conspicuity Issues in EMS"
was held during the UK BASICS Conference in Birmingham on October 12th 2007, and a recording and handout is awaiting you gratis at the link below!
SPEAKER PANEL
We were very fortunate to have a guest panel of speakers, covering a spectrum of visibility and conspicuity issues, including -
* Introduction to the issues relating to visibility and conspicuity: Nadine Levick MD, MPH - EMS Safety Foundation, New York, USA
* Real world challenges and research in EMS scene visibility and safety: from Bill Troup - Department of Homeland Security, United States Fire Administration, USA
* The science behind being seen at the scene: Mike Flannagan - University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, USA
* Real world scene visibility safety practice: Kevin Roche - Phoenix Fire Department EMS, Arizona, USA
LIVE RECORDING
The live recording is now also available here, and gratis. To view this recorded Global EMS Forum Webinar on "Being Seen at the Scene"
- click on this link for a recording of this Webinar.
or copy this link to your browser -
HANDOUT
A copy of a .pdf of the October "Being Seen at the Scene" Webinar presentation can be downloaded gratis here -
- Being Seen at the Scene.pdf
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Following on from the Global EMS Forum WHO Road Safety Week Inaugural Webinar in April 2007, come and join us in the forthcoming series of Global EMS Forum Webinars, which commenced in late summer (Northern hemisphere) and late winter (Southern hemisphere) - the most recent Webinar was held on May 14th, 2009 -
This series of Webinars will address topics of:
- Global Transportation Safety Research and Infrastructure: A Resource for EMS - held April 25th 2007
- Scene and transportation visibility and conspicuity issues - held October 12th 2007
- Global Ambulance Standards - held April 4th, 2008
- Emergency Response Mode - held September 27th, 2008
- Rettmobil-WADEM: Bridging Global Perspectives - held May 15th, 2009
- Safety in the back - Ergonomics and Automotive Safety Enginnering challenges - held October 23rd, 2009
- Motor Cycle Medic systems, challenges and benefits - to be held June 2010
- Developing World EMS systems
- Innovations in EMS
- Click here, or scroll down to the bottom of the page, for a sample and free recorded Webinar
See you online!
The first Global EMS Forum Webinar was held on Wednesday April 25th 2007 at 12 midday USA EDT (GMT - 4.00), in conjunction with the WHO Road Safety Week
- a link to a recording of this Webinar is available here -now!
- To view the recorded Inaugural Global EMS Forum Webinar click on this link
or copy this link to your browser
http://eclass.circl.pitt.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1172521466871_1177500117578
a copy of a .pdf of the Webinar presentation can be downloaded here -
- April 25th, 2007 Webinar .pdf
The World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Amsterdam May 16th 2007 and the Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Meeting in Sorrento introduced the Global EMS Forum to a broad audience - with two poster presentations and a breakfast introduction at WADEM 2007 and a poster presentation at MEMC 2008.
Welcome to new colleagues who have joined since the WCDEM and MEMC
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The Global EMS Forum is here to support dialogue in EMS across the globe and to enhance sharing of EMS experience, knowledge and practice and information dissemination, so do bookmark this site.
The first Global EMS Forum launch and introduction meeting took place in Naples, Florida at the 2007 NAEMSP Conference - Friday, January 12, 2007
International EMS colleagues interested in global dialogue, met in Amsterdam at WADEM in May 2007.
NAEMSP in Arizona in January 2008, ICEM in San Fransisco in April 2008, NAEMSP 2009 in Jacksonville Florida,WADEM British Columbia -RETTmobil Germany May 2009
. The next networking meeting will be at NAEMSP in Phoenix in January 2010 and will be followed by a Webinar presentation from ICEM in Singapore in June 2010.All those who have registered their interest will receive an automatic update of meeting and Webinar information,
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A link to the recording of this webinar is available here via this site - it is a free access webinar
- All you will require is a computer connected to the internet - there is no charge -
No password is required - but please do type in your name at login
The Webinar runs for 25 minutes and is followed by questions from e-participants
(please see the links below for sample recorded webinars - it is a good idea to view the sample Webinars in advance to ensure that the Webinar software runs on your computer and internet connection smoothly.)
Please email info@GlobalEMSForum.org - for any support regards the Webinar
- Where is the State of the Art in Ambulance Transport Safety
A free online recorded Webinar, with live global links, 45 minutes duration. (It may take a few minutes to load, and the mic is initially crackly for a couple of minutes).
- Issues relating to prioritizing humanitarian assistance in the Third World: Identifying where are people dying and where is the aid going?
A free online recorded Webinar, linking live the International Emergency Medicine Conference in New York with the Sudan, 45 minutes duration.
- Injury Prevention Interventions: Transferring the Evidence into Practice.
A free online recorded Webinar, linking live Asia Pacific and USA regions discussing translation of research into practice, 45 minutes duration.
The first two 'Webinars' begin with a valuable introduction to the Webinar technology - somewhat more detailed in the second link.
Register your interest in participating in the Global EMS Forum now!
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