The Second Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress - Sitges/Bar celona, Spain - Sept 14-17, 2003

Kazzi, A. Antoine akazzi@uci.edu
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The Second Mediterranean Medicine Congress
Sitges/Barcelona, Spain
September 14-17, 2003
 <http://www.emcongress.org/> www.emcongress.org

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Organizers: EuSEM & AAEM

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) & the European =
Society for
Emergency Medicine (EuSEM)

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Co-Organizers: SAEM, CORD, NAEMSP, EMDM, NAEMSP & FERNE

Research Education - organized by The Society for Academic Emergency
Medicine (SAEM) & EuSEM
Residency Education - organized by The Council of EM Residency =
Directors
(CORD) & EuSEM
Pre-hospital Track - by the National Association of EMS Physicians =
(NAEMSP)
& EuSEM
Disaster Medicine Track - organized by the European Master in Disaster
Medicine (EMDM)
Neurological Emergencies - by the Foundation for Education and Research =
in
Neurological Emergencies (FERNE)=20

Presidents of the Congress

Herman Delooz - EuSEM President
Joseph P. Wood - AAEM President

Chairs of Congress

Executive Committee:=20
A. Antoine Kazzi (AAEM)=20
Roberta Petrino (EuSEM)=20

Scientific Committee:
Francesco Della Corte (EuSEM)
Andy Jagoda (AAEM)

Hosting Societies

Sociedad Espa=F1ola de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (SEMFYC): =
President:
Dr. Emilio Garcia Criado
Sociedad Espa=F1ola de Medicina Rural y Generalista (SEMERGEN): =
President: Dr.
Felipe Chavida

Executive Committee

Charles Cairns (Colorado)
Ed Panacek (California)
Ghaleb Okla (Alwazzan Grp, Kuwait)=20
Charles Pollack (New York)=20
Erik Barton (Utah)
William Barsan (Michigan)
Helen Askitopoulou (Greece)
Ulkumen Rodoplu (Turkey)=20
Michael Frass (Austria)=20
Axell Elrodt (SFMU, France)=20
Raed Arafat (Romania)
Pinchas Halpern (Israel)

Organizing Committee

Hashim Allam (Egypt)=20
Abdullah Al Musleh (Qatar)=20
Jeffrey Arnold (AAEM)
Fabrice Brunet (France)=20
Michel Debacker (EMDM)=20
Alain Vadeboncoeur (Canada)
Gos de Vries (Netherlands)
Oktay Eray (Turkey )
Jeffrey Smith (Washington, DC)=20
Judd Hollander (SAEM)
James Holliman (CIEM)=20
Francis Mencl (NAEMSP)=20
Ed Sloan (FERNE)=20
Tammi Thomas (California)=20
John Richards (California)=20
Mary Jo Wagner (CORD)=20
David Yates (UK)=20
Andreas Thierbach (Germany)

Scientific Committee

Diane Birnbaumer (California)=20
Lewis Goldfrank (New York)=20
Jerome Hoffman (California)
Ramon Johnson (California)=20
William Mallon (California)=20
Peter Rosen (Massachusetts)=20
S. Huniady Anticevic (Croatia)=20
Robert Simon (Illinois)=20
Judith Tintinalli (N.Carolina)=20
Ron Walls (Massachusetts)=20
Abdullah Al Hodaib (Saudi Arabia)
Kamal Badr (Lebanon)=20
Wolfgang Dick (Germany)
Volker Doerges (Germany)=20
Joseph Epstein (Australia)=20
Gurkan Ersoy (Turkey)
Antonio Hernando (Spain)=20
Valentin Madrid (Spain)=20
Agnes Meulemans (Belgium)=20
Narciso Perales (Spain)
Patrick Plunkett (Ireland)=20
Antonio Quesada (Spain)=20
Yehezkel Waisman (Israel)=20
David Williams (UK)

Sponsoring Institutions

University of California, Irvine, USA
University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Advisory Board

Santiago Ferrandiz (Spain)=20
Cobbi Assaf (Israel)=20
Denis Vella Baldicchinno (Malta)=20
Gautham Bodiwala (UK)=20
Andrej Brucan (Slovenia)=20
Mohamud Daya (USA)=20
David Talan (California)=20
Richard Hunt (NAEMSP)=20
Juliusz Jakubaszko (Poland)=20
Richard Wolfe (Massachusetts)=20
Richard Nowak (Michigan)
Valerio Gai (Italy)
Bilal Kattan (Saudi)
Cengiz Kayahan (Turkey)=20
Gabor Kelen (Maryland)=20
John Marx (N. Carolina)=20
Ubaldo Mengozzi (Italy)=20
Jos=E9 Milla (Spain)=20
Mark Sabbe (Belgium)=20
Zouheir Jerbi (Tunisia)=20
Ali Bidari (Iran)=20
M.R. Foda (Egypt)=20

Additional Invited Speakers

In addition to all the leaders and members of the Committees and =
Advisory
Board, the list of invited speakers so far includes:

Ivo Casagranda (Italy)=20
Victor Almeida (Portugal)=20
Josef Osterwalder (Switzerland)=20
Robert Shesser (Washington, DC)=20
Karoli Piko (Hungary)=20
Giuseppe Citerio (Italy)=20
Miguel Sanchez (Spain)=20
Oscar Miro (Spain)
Dominique Van Pee (Belgium)
Michael Van Rooyen (Maryland)=20
Milan Tichacek (Czech)=20
Benno Wolke (Germany)=20
Giusepe Nardi (Italy)=20
Joost Bierens (Netherlands)
Frans Rutten (Netherlands)=20
Said Idrissi (Belgium)=20
Cem Oktay (Turkey)=20
Gunnar Ohlen (Sweden)=20
David Schriger (California)=20
Robert Lutten (Florida)
Debra Perina (CORD)
Roger Lewis (SAEM)=20
Michelle Biros (SAEM)=20
Ghazala Sharieff (Florida)=20
Osama Y. Kentab (Saudi)=20
Steve Hayden (CORD)=20
David Cone (NAEMSP)=20
Joe Lex (Pennsylvania)=20
Sam Keim (CORD)
Paul Calle (Belgium)
Amal Mattu (Maryland)
Kevin Rodgers (CORD)
Mark Davis (Massachusetts)
Carl Schultz (California)
Julie Gorchynski (California)
Leslie Zun (Illinois)=20
Tom Beattie (UK)
Mark Langdorf (California)
Jeffrey Suchard (California)=20
Brian Tiffani (Arizona)

Sponsoring Societies and Organizations

Go to the website www.emcongress.org <http://www.emcongress.org/>  to =
review
the most updated list and the roles & responsibilities. National and
international organizations or societies interested in sponsoring or
participating in the Mediteranean Congress should review the =
requirements on
www.emcongress.org <http://www.emcongress.org/>  and email us at
barcelona@emcongress.org <mailto:barcelona@emcongress.org> .


Main Topics=20

*	Respiratory, Neurologic, Psychiatric, Cardiovascular, Orthopedic,
Pediatric & Airway Emergencies=20

*	Trauma=20

*	Toxicology=20

*	Pre-Hospital Care=20

*	Health Care Systems=20

*	Education & Residency Training=20

*	Disaster Medicine=20

*	Emergency Medicine Research=20

*	Ultrasound, Infectious Diseases=20

*	Pain Management=20

*	Information Technology=20

Social Events

*	An opening reception with traditional Spanish Dance (9/15)=20

*	A banquet gala dinner on Tuesday (9/16)=20

*	Keep the 2001 tradition going with the memorable karaoke buffet
dinner and dance on the evening of the last day of the Congress on =
Wednesday
September 17. Just ask folks who attended it in Stresa before you. You =
will
not want to miss it!=20

*	Organized tours (to be announced)=20

This Congress will feature special programs and tracks on:

Research Education - organized by The Society for Academic Emergency
Medicine (SAEM) & EuSEM
Residency Education - organized by The Council of EM Residency =
Directors
(CORD) & EuSEM
Pre-hospital Track - by the National Association of EMS Physicians =
(NAEMSP)
& EuSEM
Disaster Medicine Track - organized by the European Master in Disaster
Medicine (EMDM)
Neurological Emergencies - by the Foundation for Education and Research =
in
Neurological Emergencies (FERNE)=20

NB: The SAEM and CORD portions of the program and their speakers did =
not
receive any form of direct sponsorship.

General Information

Pre-Congress Satellite Courses:
Course 1: Advanced Airway Management
Course 2: Non-Invasive Ventilation
Course 3: Pediatric Emergency Procedures
Course 4: Emergency Ultrasound
Course 5: Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Congress Venue: Hotel Melia Sitges, Port d=B4Aiguadol=E7

Hotel Reservations: www.emcongress.org <http://www.emcongress.org/>=20
Hotel Melia Sitges: Reservations for this Headquarters Hotel must be =
made
through www.emcongress.org or by calling 011-414-276-7390.=20



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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN><STRONG>Co-Organizers: 
SAEM, CORD, NAEMSP, EMDM, NAEMSP &amp; FERNE<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal 
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN 
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT 
color=#000000>Research Education - organized by The Society for Academic 
Emergency Medicine (SAEM) &amp; EuSEM<BR>Residency Education - organized by The 
Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) &amp; EuSEM<BR>Pre-hospital Track - by 
the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) &amp; EuSEM<BR>Disaster 
Medicine Track - organized by the European Master in Disaster Medicine 
(EMDM)<BR>Neurological Emergencies - by the Foundation for Education and 
Research in Neurological Emergencies (FERNE) </FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=3><B>Presidents of the Congress</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Herman Delooz - 
EuSEM President<BR>Joseph P. Wood - AAEM President</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B><FONT 
color=#993333 size=3>Chairs of Congress</FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B>Executive 
Committee:</B> <BR>A. Antoine Kazzi (AAEM) <BR>Roberta Petrino (EuSEM) 
</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Scientific 
Committee:<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" 
size=2>Francesco Della Corte (EuSEM)<BR>Andy Jagoda (AAEM)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#993333 size=3><B><FONT 
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hosting 
Societies</FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Sociedad Española 
de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (SEMFYC): President: Dr. Emilio Garcia 
Criado<BR>Sociedad Española de Medicina Rural y Generalista&nbsp;(SEMERGEN): 
President: Dr. Felipe Chavida</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B><FONT 
color=#993333 size=3>Executive Committee</FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Charles Cairns 
(Colorado)<BR>Ed Panacek (California)<BR>Ghaleb Okla (Alwazzan Grp, Kuwait) 
<BR>Charles Pollack (New York) <BR>Erik Barton (Utah)<BR>William Barsan 
(Michigan)<BR>Helen Askitopoulou (Greece)<BR>Ulkumen Rodoplu (Turkey) 
<BR>Michael Frass (Austria) <BR>Axell Elrodt (SFMU, France) <BR>Raed Arafat 
(Romania)<BR>Pinchas Halpern (Israel)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B><FONT 
color=#993333 size=3>Organizing Committee</FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Hashim Allam 
(Egypt) <BR>Abdullah Al Musleh (Qatar) <BR>Jeffrey Arnold (AAEM)<BR>Fabrice 
Brunet (France) <BR>Michel Debacker (EMDM) <BR>Alain Vadeboncoeur 
(Canada)<BR>Gos de Vries (Netherlands)<BR>Oktay Eray (Turkey )<BR>Jeffrey Smith 
(Washington, DC) <BR>Judd Hollander (SAEM)<BR>James Holliman (CIEM) <BR>Francis 
Mencl (NAEMSP) <BR>Ed Sloan (FERNE) <BR>Tammi Thomas (California) <BR>John 
Richards (California) <BR>Mary Jo Wagner (CORD) <BR>David Yates (UK) <BR>Andreas 
Thierbach (Germany)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#993333 size=3><B><FONT 
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Scientific 
Committee</FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Diane Birnbaumer 
(California) <BR>Lewis Goldfrank (New York) <BR>Jerome Hoffman 
(California)<BR>Ramon Johnson (California) <BR>William Mallon (California) 
<BR>Peter Rosen (Massachusetts) <BR>S. Huniady Anticevic (Croatia) <BR>Robert 
Simon (Illinois) <BR>Judith Tintinalli (N.Carolina) <BR>Ron Walls 
(Massachusetts) <BR>Abdullah Al Hodaib (Saudi Arabia)<BR>Kamal Badr (Lebanon) 
<BR>Wolfgang Dick (Germany)<BR>Volker Doerges (Germany) <BR>Joseph Epstein 
(Australia) <BR>Gurkan Ersoy (Turkey)<BR>Antonio Hernando (Spain) <BR>Valentin 
Madrid (Spain) <BR>Agnes Meulemans (Belgium) <BR>Narciso Perales 
(Spain)<BR>Patrick Plunkett (Ireland) <BR>Antonio Quesada (Spain) <BR>Yehezkel 
Waisman (Israel) <BR>David Williams (UK)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=3><B>Sponsoring Institutions</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>University of 
California, Irvine, USA<BR>University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, 
Italy</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=3><B>Advisory Board</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Santiago Ferrandiz 
(Spain) <BR>Cobbi Assaf (Israel) <BR>Denis Vella Baldicchinno (Malta) 
<BR>Gautham Bodiwala (UK) <BR>Andrej Brucan (Slovenia) <BR>Mohamud Daya (USA) 
<BR>David Talan (California) <BR>Richard Hunt (NAEMSP) <BR>Juliusz Jakubaszko 
(Poland) <BR>Richard Wolfe (Massachusetts) <BR>Richard Nowak 
(Michigan)<BR>Valerio Gai (Italy)<BR>Bilal Kattan (Saudi)<BR>Cengiz Kayahan 
(Turkey) <BR>Gabor Kelen (Maryland) <BR>John Marx (N. Carolina) <BR>Ubaldo 
Mengozzi (Italy) <BR>José Milla (Spain) <BR>Mark Sabbe (Belgium) <BR>Zouheir 
Jerbi (Tunisia) <BR>Ali Bidari (Iran) <BR>M.R. Foda (Egypt) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=3><B>Additional Invited Speakers</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>In addition to all 
the leaders and members of the Committees and Advisory Board, the list of 
invited speakers so far includes:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Ivo Casagranda 
(Italy) <BR>Victor Almeida (Portugal) <BR>Josef Osterwalder (Switzerland) 
<BR>Robert Shesser (Washington, DC) <BR>Karoli Piko (Hungary) <BR>Giuseppe 
Citerio (Italy) <BR>Miguel Sanchez (Spain) <BR>Oscar Miro (Spain)<BR>Dominique 
Van Pee (Belgium)<BR>Michael Van Rooyen (Maryland) <BR>Milan Tichacek (Czech) 
<BR>Benno Wolke (Germany) <BR>Giusepe Nardi (Italy) <BR>Joost Bierens 
(Netherlands)<BR>Frans Rutten (Netherlands) <BR>Said Idrissi (Belgium) <BR>Cem 
Oktay (Turkey) <BR>Gunnar Ohlen (Sweden) <BR>David Schriger (California) 
<BR>Robert Lutten (Florida)<BR></FONT><FONT 
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Debra Perina (CORD)<BR>Roger 
Lewis (SAEM) <BR>Michelle Biros (SAEM) <BR>Ghazala Sharieff (Florida) <BR>Osama 
Y. Kentab (Saudi) <BR>Steve Hayden (CORD) <BR>David Cone (NAEMSP) <BR>Joe Lex 
(Pennsylvania) <BR>Sam Keim (CORD)<BR></FONT><FONT 
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Paul Calle (Belgium)<BR>Amal 
Mattu (Maryland)<BR>Kevin Rodgers (CORD)<BR>Mark Davis (Massachusetts)<BR>Carl 
Schultz (California)<BR>Julie Gorchynski (California)<BR>Leslie Zun (Illinois) 
<BR>Tom Beattie (UK)<BR>Mark Langdorf (California)<BR>Jeffrey Suchard 
(California) </FONT><BR><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" 
size=2>Brian Tiffani (Arizona)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B><FONT 
color=#993333 size=3>Sponsoring Societies and 
Organizations</FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Go to the website 
<A href="http://www.emcongress.org/">www.emcongress.org</A> to review the most 
updated list and the roles &amp; responsibilities. National and international 
organizations or societies interested in sponsoring or participating in the 
Mediteranean Congress should review the requirements on <A 
href="http://www.emcongress.org/">www.emcongress.org</A> and email us at <A 
href="mailto:barcelona@emcongress.org">barcelona@emcongress.org</A>.</FONT><BR></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=3><B>Main Topics </B></FONT></P>
<UL>
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Respiratory, Neurologic, Psychiatric, Cardiovascular, 
  Orthopedic, Pediatric &amp; Airway Emergencies</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Trauma</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Toxicology</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Pre-Hospital Care</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Health Care Systems</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Education &amp; Residency Training</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Disaster Medicine</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Emergency Medicine Research</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Ultrasound, Infectious Diseases</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Pain Management</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000000 
  size=3><FONT size=2>Information Technology</FONT></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=3><B>Social Events</B></FONT></P>
<UL>
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
  size=3><FONT color=#000000 size=2>An <B>opening reception </B>with traditional 
  Spanish Dance (9/15)</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
  size=3><FONT color=#000000 size=2>A <B>banquet gala dinner</B> on Tuesday 
  (9/16)</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
  size=3><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Keep the 2001 tradition going with the 
  memorable<B> karaoke buffet dinner</B> and dance on the evening of the last 
  day of the Congress on Wednesday September 17. Just ask folks who attended it 
  in Stresa before you. You will not want to miss it!</FONT></FONT> 
  <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
  size=3><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Organized tours (to be 
  announced)</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" 
  color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </LI></UL>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=2><B>This Congress will feature special programs and tracks 
on:</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Research Education 
- organized by The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) &amp; 
EuSEM<BR></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" 
size=2>Residency Education - organized by The Council of EM Residency Directors 
(CORD) &amp; EuSEM<BR></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" 
size=2>Pre-hospital Track - by the National Association of EMS Physicians 
(NAEMSP) &amp; EuSEM<BR></FONT><FONT 
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Disaster Medicine Track - 
organized by the European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM)<BR></FONT><FONT 
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Neurological Emergencies - 
by the Foundation for Education and Research in Neurological Emergencies (FERNE) 
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<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>NB: The SAEM and 
CORD portions of the program and their speakers did not receive any form of 
direct sponsorship.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B><FONT 
color=#993333 size=3>General Information</FONT></B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#993333 
size=2><B><FONT color=#000000>Pre-Congress Satellite 
Courses:</FONT></B></FONT><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" 
size=2><BR>Course 1: Advanced Airway Management<BR>Course 2: Non-Invasive 
Ventilation<BR>Course 3: Pediatric Emergency Procedures<BR>Course 4: Emergency 
Ultrasound<BR>Course 5: Advanced Cardiac Life Support</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B>Congress Venue: 
Hotel Melia Sitges, Port d´Aiguadolç</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><B>Hotel 
Reservations: <A 
href="http://www.emcongress.org/">www.emcongress.org</A></B><BR><B>Hotel Melia 
Sitges:</B> Reservations for this Headquarters Hotel must be made through 
www.emcongress.org or by calling 011-414-276-7390. </FONT></P>
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