EMS Asia 2026

12/06/2026

🇰🇷 What can Asia learn from South Korea’s approach to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)?

Join Prof. Ki Jeong Hong, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Seoul National University Hospital, as he shares insights from South Korea’s HEROES Project—an innovative community-based initiative designed to strengthen the chain of survival through dispatcher-assisted CPR education and targeted public engagement.

The HEROS (Home Education and Resuscitation Outcome Study) Project focuses on empowering ordinary citizens, particularly family members and home bystanders, with the confidence and skills to recognise cardiac arrest, collaborate effectively with emergency dispatchers, and initiate life-saving CPR before EMS arrival.

Research involving more than 10,000 OHCA patients demonstrated that implementation of the HEROS programme was associated with significant improvements in neurological outcomes among patients experiencing cardiac arrest in the community.

📍 EMS Asia 2026
📅 7–13 November 2026
🏨 Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Be part of the conversations shaping the future of emergency care across Asia.

🌐 Register: http://www.rebrand.ly/emsasia2026⁠
📧 [email protected]

The Future of Emergency Care STARTS HERE.

10/06/2026

Strong emergency care systems do not begin in the emergency department—they begin in our communities.

Join Prof. Faith Joan M. Gaerlan (Philippines) as she explores how community emergency initiatives can empower citizens, strengthen partnerships, and improve outcomes across the entire EMS chain of survival.

Discover practical strategies to engage communities, build resilience, and create sustainable systems that save lives when every minute counts.

📍 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
📅 7–13 November 2026

Learn from global experts and be part of shaping the future of emergency care in Asia.

Register now: EMS Asia 2026 Official Website
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08/06/2026

🚑💊 Can oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC) transform pain management in the prehospital environment?

Pain is one of the most common and distressing symptoms encountered by EMS providers, yet delivering rapid, effective analgesia in the field remains a challenge. Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl Citrate (OTFC) offers a needle-free, fast-acting option that has been widely adopted in military medicine and austere environments.

Join LTC (DR) Nazirul Hannan from the Singapore Armed Forces as he explores the evidence, operational experience, and practical considerations surrounding OTFC as a viable option for field analgesia. Learn how innovative approaches to pain management can improve patient comfort, operational effectiveness, and outcomes during prolonged evacuations and challenging prehospital scenarios.

🔹 Rapid analgesia
🔹 Needle-free administration
🔹 Austere and tactical environments
🔹 Prolonged field care considerations
🔹 Military and civilian EMS applications

📍 EMS Asia 2026
📅 7–13 November 2026
🏢 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

🌏 Join emergency physicians, paramedics, nurses, first responders, military medical personnel, researchers and healthcare leaders from across Asia and beyond as we explore the future of emergency care.

🌐 http://www.rebrand.ly/EMSAsia2026
📧 [email protected]

The Future of Emergency Care STARTS HERE.

06/06/2026

🌏 What’s next for prehospital resuscitation and trauma care?

As emergency medical systems evolve around the world, keeping pace with the latest evidence, standards and guidelines has never been more important.

Join Dr David Anderson (Australia), Medical Director of Ambulance Victoria and Intensive Care Physician at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, as he shares key global updates shaping the future of prehospital emergency care.

This session will explore:

✅ 2025–2026 ILCOR updates
✅ Advances in OHCA resuscitation science
✅ Evolving trauma care guidelines
✅ Prehospital blood products
✅ REBOA and advanced trauma interventions
✅ Airway and ventilation updates
✅ Global EMS benchmarking and quality improvement

Whether you are a physician, paramedic, nurse, researcher, educator or EMS leader, this is an opportunity to learn from one of the world’s leading EMS systems and gain insights that can improve outcomes for patients and communities.

📍 EMS Asia 2026
📅 7–13 November 2026
🏢 Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
🌐 http://rebrand.ly/emsasia2026
📧 [email protected]

The Future of Emergency Care Starts Here.

04/06/2026

⚡ When a shock doesn’t work, what comes next?

Defibrillation remains one of the most powerful interventions in cardiac arrest care, yet refractory ventricular fibrillation continues to challenge EMS systems worldwide.

Join Dr Yohei Okada, Assistant Professor in the Health Services Research and Population Health Program at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, as he explores the evolving evidence behind Vector Change Defibrillation (VC) and Double Sequential External Defibrillation (DSED) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

This state-of-the-art session will examine:

🔹 The science behind refractory ventricular fibrillation
🔹 Why changing the electrical vector may improve defibrillation success
🔹 The role of DSED in modern resuscitation practice
🔹 Emerging evidence from major clinical trials
🔹 Practical implementation for EMS and Emergency Departments
🔹 Future directions in cardiac arrest care

As resuscitation science continues to evolve, understanding when and how to optimise defibrillation strategies may help improve ROSC, survival, and neurologically favourable outcomes.

📍 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
📅 7–13 November 2026

EMS Asia 2026
The Future of Emergency Care STARTS HERE

02/06/2026

We are excited to announce that some workshops are now available for registration!!!

Do visit us at http://www.rebrand.ly/emsasia2026

More exciting workshops to be finalised and coming soon so stay tuned.

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02/06/2026

❤️ What will cardiac arrest care look like in 2030?

Join Prof Bryan McNally (Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, USA) as he explores the latest research, emerging evidence, and future directions shaping cardiac arrest care worldwide.

Drawing on the latest American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) 2030 goals, this session will examine how EMS systems, hospitals, researchers, policymakers, and communities can work together to improve outcomes for patients suffering cardiac arrest. The AHA roadmap highlights ambitious targets including improving neurologically intact survival, strengthening bystander CPR and AED use, addressing healthcare disparities, and leveraging data-driven quality improvement initiatives.

🔹 Improving cardiac arrest survival
🔹 Strengthening systems of care
🔹 Equity and access in resuscitation
🔹 Data-driven EMS innovation
🔹 The future of cardiac arrest research and outcomes

Whether you are an EMS professional, emergency physician, nurse, paramedic, researcher, administrator, or policymaker, this is a session not to be missed.

📍 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
📅 7–13 November 2026

The Future of Emergency Care STARTS HERE

31/05/2026

Strengthening EMS systems means strengthening every link in the chain of survival.

Improving OHCA outcomes requires more than excellent resuscitation—it demands integrated systems of care, empowered communities, rapid EMS response, high-performance CPR, data-driven quality improvement, and coordinated post-arrest care.

Join Dr Ali Haedar as he shares insights into building resilient EMS systems that save more lives and improve neurological outcomes across Asia.

🚑 From community response to cardiac arrest centers, every link matters.

📍 EMS Asia 2026
📅 7–13 November 2026
📌 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

EMS Asia 2026 Official Website

29/05/2026

🚑 State-of-the-Art: Ventilation in Cardiac Arrest 🚑

In cardiac arrest resuscitation, every intervention matters—but are we paying enough attention to ventilation?

Two recent large multicentre studies provide important insights into how ventilation and airway management influence outcomes following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

🫁 Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation Matters

In a multicentre study involving nearly 2,000 OHCA patients, only 40% achieved effective lung inflation in at least 50% of ventilation pauses during CPR. Patients who achieved effective ventilation had significantly higher rates of:

✅ Return of spontaneous circulation (40.7% vs 25.2%)
✅ Survival to hospital discharge (13.5% vs 4.1%)
✅ Favourable neurological outcomes (10.6% vs 2.4%)

🫁 Advanced Airway Strategy Matters Too

A study of 350,216 OHCA patients across 254 EMS agencies demonstrated increasing adoption of supraglottic airways (SGAs) over time. In EMS systems with lower baseline survival rates, transitioning from endotracheal intubation (ETI) to SGA use was associated with:

✅ Improved ROSC (25.7% → 29.1%)
✅ Improved survival to hospital discharge (5.6% → 6.3%)

The message is clear:

🔹 Deliver effective ventilations
🔹 Minimize interruptions to CPR
🔹 Use the right airway at the right time
🔹 Match the airway strategy to the patient, provider, and EMS system

Join Dr Nichole Bosson, Medical Director of the Los Angeles County EMS Agency and Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at UCLA, as she explores the latest evidence and practical lessons in ventilation during cardiac arrest.

📅 7–13 November 2026
📍 Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

🌏 Learn more:
EMS Asia 2026 Official Website

The Future of Emergency Care Starts Here.

27/05/2026

What if advanced cardiac imaging could happen before the patient even reaches the hospital?

TEE-assisted CPR and prehospital POCUS are transforming emergency care by enabling clinicians to:
🔹 Identify reversible causes
🔹 Guide interventions in real time
🔹 Optimize resuscitation strategy
🔹 Improve patient outcomes

Join Dr Robbie Sun at EMS Asia 2026 for an exciting session on the expanding role of ultrasound in prehospital emergency medicine and in the resuscitation room.

📍 Singapore
📅 7–13 November 2026

EMS Asia 2026 Official Website

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