The 2nd Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress - Sitges/Barcelona, Spain, Sept 13-17, 2003 - Second Announcement & Call for Abstracts

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The European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) 

& the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)



Present



The Second Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress



Hotel Melia Sitges - Sitges/Barcelona, Spain

September 13-17, 2003



2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts



Co-Organizing Societies & Foundations

The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians (NAEMSP)

The Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)

The European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM)

Foundation for Education and Research in Neurological Emergencies

(FERNE)



N.B. The SAEM and CORD portions of the program and their speakers do not receive any form of industry or exhibitor sponsorship.



Hosting Societies

La Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (SEMFYC) La Sociedad Española de Medicina Rural y Generalista (SEMERGEN)



Hosting Institutions 

Universitat de Barcelona, Spain 

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 

University of California, Irvine, USA

Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy 



Official National & International Sponsoring Societies



The Mediterranean Circle: 

The Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey (EMAT)

The Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM)

The Italian Society for Emergency Medicine (SIMEU)

The Pan-Arab Society of Trauma and Emergency Medicine

Le Service d'Aides Médicales Urgente de France (SAMU de France)

The Slovenian Society for Emergency Medicine

La Societé Francophone de Médecine d' Urgence (SFMU, France)



The European Circle: 

The Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine (BeSEDiM)

The British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine (BAEM)

The Czech Academic Emergency Medicine Group (CzAEMG)

The Czech Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine (CzSEDM)

The Dutch Society for Emergency Medicine (DSEM)

The Icelandic Society for Accident and Emergency Medicine (ISAEM)

The Polish Society for Emergency Medicine (PTMR) 

Associação Portuguesa de Medicina de Emergencia (APME)

The Romanian Society for Emergency and Disaster Medicine (SMUCR)

The Swedish Society for Emergency Medicine (SweSEM)



The International Circle:

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine, India (AAEMI)

The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)

L' Association des Médecins d'Urgence du Québec (AMUQ), Canada

The Chinese Association of Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine

The Society for Emergency Medicine, India (SEMI)

The Society of Emergency Medicine, Taiwan

La Sociedad Mexicana de Medicina de Emergencia (SMME)



Presidents of the Congress

Herman Delooz (EuSEM)

Joseph Wood (AAEM)



Hosting Committee

Luis Aguilera, President, SEMFYC, Spain

Andres Gimeno, President, SEMERGEN, Spain

Prof. M. Teresa Estrach, Dean, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Alvar Net Castel, Dean, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Ilaro Viano, Rector, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Prof. Thomas Cesario, Dean, University of California, Irvine, USA

Salah Al Wazzan, Chairman of the Board, New Mowasat Hospital, Kuwait





Key Note Speakers



The Specialty of Emergency Medicine: How Does It Make a Difference?

Prof. John Marx, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, North Carolina, USA



Emergency Medicine in Europe: History and Evolution 

Dra. Mila Garcia Barbero, Director, the World Health Organization (WHO)

Office for Integrated Health Services, Barcelona, Spain 



Access to Emergency Care, the Role of Government, and Collaboration between Physicians from Warring Nations

Prof. Ismail Sallam, Former Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Egypt





Chairs of the Congress & Committees



Executive Committees Chairs 

A. Antoine Kazzi (AAEM) 

Roberta Petrino (EuSEM) 



Scientific Committee Chairs

Francesco Della Corte (EuSEM)

Andy Jagoda (AAEM)

 

Executive Committee

Helen Askitopoulou (Greece)

William Barsan (Michigan)

Erik Barton (Utah)

Charles Cairns (Colorado)

Axel Ellrodt (SFMU, France) 

Michael Frass (Austria) 

Pinchas Halpern (Israel)

Ghaleb Okla (New Mowasat, Kuwait) 

John Marx (North Carolina)

Ed Panacek (California)

Ulkumen Rodoplu (Turkey)

Brian Tiffany (Arizona) 

Knox Todd (Georgia)

Richard Wolfe (AAEM) 



Scientific Committee

 

 

Diane Birnbaumer (California)

Wolfgang Dick (Germany)

 

Roger Barkin (Pennsylvania)

Joseph Epstein (Australia)

 

Ivo Casagranda (Italy)

Gurkan Ersoy (Turkey)

 

Philippe Dabadie (France)

Antonio Hernando (Spain)

 

Jean Emmanuel de La Coussaye (France)

Valentin Madrid (Spain)

 

Lewis Goldfrank (New York)

Agnes Meulemans (Belgium)

 

Patrick Goldstein (France)

Narciso Perales (Spain)

 

Jerome Hoffman (California)

Patrick Plunkett (Ireland)

 

Ramon Johnson (California)

Antonio Quesada (Spain)

 

William Mallon (California)

David Talan (California) 

 

Peter Rosen (Massachusetts)

Andreas Thierbach (Germany)

 

S. Hunyadi Anticevic (Croatia)

Yehezkel Waisman (Israel) 

 

Robert Simon (Illinois)

Ron Walls (Massachusetts)

 

Judith Tintinalli (North Carolina)

David Williams (UK)

 

Abdullah Al Hodaib (Saudi Arabia)



 

Kamal Badr (Lebanon)





 







Organizing Committee

Chairs of the Research Abstracts Forum

John Richards (AAEM) & Peter Thompson (EuSEM)

Chairs of the Healthcare Systems Forum

Jeffrey Arnold (AAEM) & Pinchas Halpern (EuSEM)

Chairs of the Research Education Forum

Judd Hollander (SAEM) & David Yates (EuSEM)

Chairs of the Residency Education Track

Mary Jo Wagner (CORD) & Roberta Petrino (EuSEM)

Chairs of the Disaster Medicine Track

Michel Debacker (EuSEM/EMDM) & Carl Schultz (AAEM)

Chairs of the Neurological Emergencies Track

Ed Sloan (FERNE) & Francesco Della Corte (EuSEM)

Chairs of the Prehospital Track:

Francis Mencl (NAEMSP), Raed Arafat & Helen Askitopoulou (EuSEM)

Chairs of the Middle Eastern Conference

James Holliman (CIEM) & Mark Davis (AAEM)

Ulkumen Rodoplu (EuSEM) & Abdullah Al Musleh (Qatar)



Other Organizing Committee Members:

Alain Vadeboncoeur (Canada) Hashim Allam (Egypt) 

Gabor Kelen (Maryland) Philip Anderson

(Massachusetts)

Tomislav Petrovic (France) Jeffrey Smith (Washington

DC)



Workshop Directors

Emergency Ultrasound: 

Peter Thompson (EuSEM) & Michael Lambert (AAEM)

Non-invasive Ventilation: 

Roberta Petrino (EuSEM) & Dianne Birnbaumer (USA)

Airway Management: 

Volker Döerges (Germany) & Ron Walls (AAEM)

Pediatric Procedures: 

Ghazala Sharrief (AAEM) & Yezhekiel Waisman (Israel)

Emergency Nursing: 

Donna Nowakowski (ENA) & Ghaleb Okla (New Mowasat Hospital)

Chemical Weapons of Opportunity: 

Paula Burgess (ATSDR) & Michel Debacker (EMDM)



Advisory Board 

Chairs: 

Santiago Ferrandiz (Spain)

Guido Monga, Dean, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Alberto Manetta, Senior Associate Dean, University of California, Irvine



Presidents and Chairs of Sponsoring Societies:

Felipe Chavida (SEMERGEN, Spain) John Heyworth (BAEM, UK)

Ramon Morera (SEMFYC, Cataluña)* Federico Miglio (Italy)* 

Anton Teixidor (SEMERGEN, Cataluña)* Michael Kosnett (ACMT)*

 

Jacques Kopferschmidtt (SFMU, France)* Marc Giroud (SAMU, France)

Robert Bass (NAEMSP) Richard Hunt

(NAEMSP)* 

Donna Nowakowski (ENA)* Ubaldo Mengozzi

(Italy)*

Mark Sabbe (Belgium)* Gos de Vries

(Netherlands)* 

Roger Lewis (SAEM)* Dar-Yu Yang

(Taiwan)* 

Stephen Hayden (CORD)* Debra Perina (CORD) **

Hahn Shick Lee (Korea)* Kumar Alagappan

(AAEMI)* 

Cobbi Assaf (Israel)* Andrej Brucan

(Slovenia)* 

Kwan Yu Chien (China)* Jae-Myung Chung

(Korea)* 

Juliusz Jakubaszko (Poland)* Mabel Vasnaik (SEMI,

India)* 

Milan Tichacek (Czech Republic)* Ruben Gutierrez Luna

(Mexico)*

Ulkumen Rodoplu (Turkey) * Bengt Widgren

(Sweden) * 

Abdelwahab Almusleh (Pan-Arab Society)* Raed Arafat (Romania)*

Theodor Fridriksson (Iceland) ** Mary-Claire Baby

(Quebec)*



All of these societies are sending official representatives or delegations and are promoting the Congress to their members. They also give input into the program and provide speakers and moderators. 



Listed advisory board leaders are being acknowledged for their support. Some nations have two names listed to reflect a change in the leadership since we started planning the Congress.



* indicates this leader has expressed interest or commitment in personally representing his or her national society at the Congress.

** indicates he or she is not likely to come and that another society

leader will be representing them. 

 

 

Other Regional Leaders & Advisory Board Members:



Spain:

Dolors Fores (SEMFYC, Cataluña)* Albert Casasa (SEMFYC)*

Emilio Garcia Criado (SEMERGEN, Spain) Juan Sanchez-Lloret (Spain)*

Josep Martinez-Carretero (IES, Cataluña)* Andreu Claret (EIM)*





International:

Vitor Almeida (Portugal)* Valerio Gai

(Italy)* 

Fikri Abu-Zidan (United Arab Emirates)* David Cone (NAEMSP)* 

Robert Shesser (Washington, DC)* Paul E. Pepe (Texas)*

Nabeel Al Abdulrahman (Abu Dhabi)* Jon Baldursson (Iceland)*

Denis Vella Baldacchino (Malta)* Walt Stoy

(Pennsylvania)*

Jassim Al Mehza (Bahrain/Arab Board)* Ali Bidari (Iran)*

Jae-Myung Chung (Korea)* Mohamud Daya

(Oregon)* 

Elhoussine Elourdi (Morocco)* Aldo Panegrossi

(SIMEU)

Cem Oktay (Turkey)* Oktay Eray

(Turkey)*

Bilal Kattan (Saudi)* John Fowler

(Turkey)*

Zouheir Jerbi (Tunisia)* Richard Nowak

(Michigan)*

Cengiz Kayahan (Turkey)* Tahir Ozisik

(Turkey)* 

Hamed Hamadeh (New Mowasat, Kuwait)* Larry Gold (California)* 

Sulaiman Al-Abbadi (Jordan) Rashed Hijazi

(Jordan)

Tammi Thomas (California)* Yosef Leiberman

(Israel)*

Tawfiq Nasser (Gaza & the West Bank)* Jamil Bayram (Lebanon)*



Invited Speakers and Moderators

* All members of the Executive, Organizing, and Scientific

Committees 

* All members of the Advisory Board in attendance 

* All Course Directors and Chairs of Special Tracks and Forums 



In addition, the list of invited speakers so far includes:

 

 

Nadeem Al-Duaij (Kuwait)

Steve Linscott (Utah)

 

Jim Adams (SAEM)

Robert Luten (Florida)

 

Akmal Al Sawi (New Mowasat, Kuwait)

Joe Manna (Washington DC)

 

Andrew Asimos (North Carolina)

Vit Marecek (Czech Republic)

 

Erik Auf der Heide (ATSDR)

Amal Mattu (Maryland)

 

Jill Baren (SAEM)

Gregory Mears (NAEMSP)

 

Jamil Bayram (Lebanon & Illinois)

Jim Menagazzi (NAEMSP)

 

Tom Beattie (UK)

Mihal Kerci (Albania)

 

Ali Bidari (Iran)

Oscar Miro (Spain)

 

Joost Bierens (Netherlands)

Giusepe Nardi (Italy)

 

Michelle Biros (SAEM)

Isam Nasr (Illinois)

 

Janice Blanchard (Washington DC)

Lewis Nelson (ACMT)

 

Gautham Bodiwala (UK)

Bob Neumar (SAEM)

 

J.Stephen Bohan (Massachusetts)

Robert O'Conner (NAEMPS)

 

Brad Bunney (FERNE)

Gunnar Ohlen (Sweden)

 

Paul Calle (Belgium)

Kazi Omar (Oman)

 

Edward Cetaruk (AMCT)

Josef Osterwalder (Switzerland)

 

Andrew Chang (California)

Stephanie Ostrowski (ATSDR)

 

Gregory Ciottone (Massachusetts)

Dominique Pateron (France)

 

Giuseppe Citerio (Italy)

Karoli Piko (Hungary)

 

David Cone (NAEMSP)

Jirí Pokorný (Czech Republic)

 

Steve Colucciello (North Carolina)

Nadeem Qureshi (Saudi Arabia)

 

Steve Curry (ACMT)

Peter Richman (Arizona)

 

Jean Claude Deslandes (France)

Richard Rothman (Maryland)

 

Jeff Desmond, MD (Michigan)

Carlos Garcia Rosas (Mexico)

 

Jonathan Edlow (FERNE)

Scott Rudkin (California)

 

Osama El Orabi (Egypt)

Frans Rutten (Netherlands)

 

Giovanni Ferrari (Italy)

Leon Sanchez (Massachusetts)

 

George Fleyhi (Lebanon)

Miguel Sanchez (Spain)

 

M.R. Foda (Egypt)

David Schriger (California) 

 

Chris Fox (California)

Shreef Shaker (Egypt)

 

Lee Garvey (North Carolina)

Nathan Shapiro (Massachusetts)

 

Paolo Groff (Italy)

Suzanne Shepherd (Pennsylvania)

 

Peter Hill (Maryland)

Neal Sikka (Washington DC)

 

Stephen Huff (FERNE)

Adam Singer (SAEM)

 

Said Idrissi (Belgium)

Curtis Snook (ATSDR/ACMT)

 

Abdelrahman Imbabi (Sudan)

Eldar Soreide (Norway)

 

Sheldon Jacobson (New York)

Jeffrey Suchard (California)

 

Sam Keim (CORD)

Stuart Swadron (Canada)

 

Osama Y. Kentab (Saudi)

Tamer Tadros (Netherlands)

 

Muayd Khalid (Qatar)

Firas Tawfiq (Qatar)

 

Ziad Issa Khozouz (Spain)

Vivek Tayal (North Carolina) 

 

Ed Kilbourne (ATSDR)

Dominique Van Pee (Belgium)

 

Mark Kirk (ATSDR / ACMT)

Jacquo Van Remmen (Netherlands)

 

Jeffrey Kline (North Carolina)

Jose Ramon Garcia Vinay (Mexico)

 

Gloria Kuhn (CORD)

Soon-Joo Wang (Korea)

Ken Kwon (California)

Paul Wax (ACMT)

Mark Langdorf (California)

Marvin Wayne (Washington)

Gregory Larkin (Texas)

Benno Wolcke (Germany)

Joe Lex (Pennsylvania)

Sadat Yanturalli (Turkey)

Erica Liebelt (ATSDR / ACMT)

Leslie Zun (Illinois)



 

Abstract Submission



Participants are invited to submit abstracts online at <http://www.emcongress.org/> www.emcongress.org where you will find all necessary instructions. 



Abstracts must be submitted online at <http://www.emcongress.org/> www.emcongress.org (preferred) or emailed to <mailto:pagni@mafservizi.it> pagni@mafservizi.it. 



The Research forum will accept abstracts that have been previously presented at other national, regional and international scientific meetings.



Abstracts will only be accepted if sent together with the registration fee by the deadline July 31st, 2003. The abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation will be published in the Congress Proceedings, which will be provided at the Congress. 



The Journal of Emergency Medicine (JEM) and the European Journal of Emergency Medicine (EJEM) will publish the 40 abstracts that will receive the highest review scores, as determined by the EuSEM-AAEM Abstract Review Scientific Committee. 



ABSTRACT DEADLINE JULY 31st, 2003



General Information 



Congress Venue: Hotel Melia Sitges, Port d'Aiguadolç



Hotel Reservations: 



www.emcongress.org <http://www.emcongress.org/> .



Organizational Secretariat

www.emcongress.org <http://www.emcongress.org> or e-mail: barcelona@emcongress.org <mailto:barcelona@emcongress.org> 





Language

English will be the official language in all tracks except for one specifically designated Spanish Track (Track F) where presentations will be in Spanish.



Congress Registration

Registration for the congress will be available:

1) by submitting an electronic registration online at <http://www.emcongress.org/> www.emcongress.org 

2) or by faxing the registration form from the <http://www.emcongress.org/barcelona.pdf> brochure (PDF file) to 001-414-276-3349 or + (39) 011-50-5976


Brian Potts 
Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service 
MS-IV, UC-Irvine

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<P>The European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) </P>
<P>&amp; the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)</P>
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<P>Present</P>
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<P>The Second Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress</P>
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<P>Hotel Melia Sitges - Sitges/Barcelona, Spain</P>
<P>September 13-17, 2003</P>
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<P>2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts</P>
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<P>Co-Organizing Societies &amp; Foundations</P>
<P>The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)</P>
<P>National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians (NAEMSP)</P>
<P>The Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)</P>
<P>The European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM)</P>
<P>Foundation for Education and Research in Neurological Emergencies</P>
<P>(FERNE)</P>
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<P>N.B. The SAEM and CORD portions of the program and their speakers do not receive any form of industry or exhibitor sponsorship.</P>
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<P>Hosting Societies</P>
<P>La Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (SEMFYC) La Sociedad Española de Medicina Rural y Generalista (SEMERGEN)</P>
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<P>Hosting Institutions </P>
<P>Universitat de Barcelona, Spain </P>
<P>Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain </P>
<P>University of California, Irvine, USA</P>
<P>Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy </P>
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<P>Official National &amp; International Sponsoring Societies</P>
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<P>The Mediterranean Circle: </P>
<P>The Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey (EMAT)</P>
<P>The Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM)</P>
<P>The Italian Society for Emergency Medicine (SIMEU)</P>
<P>The Pan-Arab Society of Trauma and Emergency Medicine</P>
<P>Le Service d'Aides Médicales Urgente de France (SAMU de France)</P>
<P>The Slovenian Society for Emergency Medicine</P>
<P>La Societé Francophone de Médecine d' Urgence (SFMU, France)</P>
<P></P>
<P>The European Circle: </P>
<P>The Belgian Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine (BeSEDiM)</P>
<P>The British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine (BAEM)</P>
<P>The Czech Academic Emergency Medicine Group (CzAEMG)</P>
<P>The Czech Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine (CzSEDM)</P>
<P>The Dutch Society for Emergency Medicine (DSEM)</P>
<P>The Icelandic Society for Accident and Emergency Medicine (ISAEM)</P>
<P>The Polish Society for Emergency Medicine (PTMR) </P>
<P>Associação Portuguesa de Medicina de Emergencia (APME)</P>
<P>The Romanian Society for Emergency and Disaster Medicine (SMUCR)</P>
<P>The Swedish Society for Emergency Medicine (SweSEM)</P>
<P></P>
<P>The International Circle:</P>
<P>The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) </P>
<P>The American Academy of Emergency Medicine, India (AAEMI)</P>
<P>The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)</P>
<P>L' Association des Médecins d'Urgence du Québec (AMUQ), Canada</P>
<P>The Chinese Association of Emergency Medicine</P>
<P>The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)</P>
<P>The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine</P>
<P>The Society for Emergency Medicine, India (SEMI)</P>
<P>The Society of Emergency Medicine, Taiwan</P>
<P>La Sociedad Mexicana de Medicina de Emergencia (SMME)</P>
<P></P>
<P>Presidents of the Congress</P>
<P>Herman Delooz (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Joseph Wood (AAEM)</P>
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<P>Hosting Committee</P>
<P>Luis Aguilera, President, SEMFYC, Spain</P>
<P>Andres Gimeno, President, SEMERGEN, Spain</P>
<P>Prof. M. Teresa Estrach, Dean, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain</P>
<P>Prof. Alvar Net Castel, Dean, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain</P>
<P>Prof. Ilaro Viano, Rector, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy</P>
<P>Prof. Thomas Cesario, Dean, University of California, Irvine, USA</P>
<P>Salah Al Wazzan, Chairman of the Board, New Mowasat Hospital, Kuwait</P>
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<P>Key Note Speakers</P>
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<P>The Specialty of Emergency Medicine: How Does It Make a Difference?</P>
<P>Prof. John Marx, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, North Carolina, USA</P>
<P></P>
<P>Emergency Medicine in Europe: History and Evolution </P>
<P>Dra. Mila Garcia Barbero, Director, the World Health Organization (WHO)</P>
<P>Office for Integrated Health Services, Barcelona, Spain </P>
<P></P>
<P>Access to Emergency Care, the Role of Government, and Collaboration between Physicians from Warring Nations</P>
<P>Prof. Ismail Sallam, Former Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Egypt</P>
<P></P>
<P></P>
<P>Chairs of the Congress &amp; Committees</P>
<P></P>
<P>Executive Committees Chairs </P>
<P>A. Antoine Kazzi (AAEM) </P>
<P>Roberta Petrino (EuSEM) </P>
<P></P>
<P>Scientific Committee Chairs</P>
<P>Francesco Della Corte (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Andy Jagoda (AAEM)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Executive Committee</P>
<P>Helen Askitopoulou (Greece)</P>
<P>William Barsan (Michigan)</P>
<P>Erik Barton (Utah)</P>
<P>Charles Cairns (Colorado)</P>
<P>Axel Ellrodt (SFMU, France) </P>
<P>Michael Frass (Austria) </P>
<P>Pinchas Halpern (Israel)</P>
<P>Ghaleb Okla (New Mowasat, Kuwait) </P>
<P>John Marx (North Carolina)</P>
<P>Ed Panacek (California)</P>
<P>Ulkumen Rodoplu (Turkey)</P>
<P>Brian Tiffany (Arizona) </P>
<P>Knox Todd (Georgia)</P>
<P>Richard Wolfe (AAEM) </P>
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<P>Scientific Committee</P>
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<P>Diane Birnbaumer (California)</P>
<P>Wolfgang Dick (Germany)</P>
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<P>Roger Barkin (Pennsylvania)</P>
<P>Joseph Epstein (Australia)</P>
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<P>Ivo Casagranda (Italy)</P>
<P>Gurkan Ersoy (Turkey)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Philippe Dabadie (France)</P>
<P>Antonio Hernando (Spain)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jean Emmanuel de La Coussaye (France)</P>
<P>Valentin Madrid (Spain)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Lewis Goldfrank (New York)</P>
<P>Agnes Meulemans (Belgium)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Patrick Goldstein (France)</P>
<P>Narciso Perales (Spain)</P>
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<P>Jerome Hoffman (California)</P>
<P>Patrick Plunkett (Ireland)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Ramon Johnson (California)</P>
<P>Antonio Quesada (Spain)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>William Mallon (California)</P>
<P>David Talan (California) </P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Peter Rosen (Massachusetts)</P>
<P>Andreas Thierbach (Germany)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>S. Hunyadi Anticevic (Croatia)</P>
<P>Yehezkel Waisman (Israel) </P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Robert Simon (Illinois)</P>
<P>Ron Walls (Massachusetts)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Judith Tintinalli (North Carolina)</P>
<P>David Williams (UK)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Abdullah Al Hodaib (Saudi Arabia)</P>
<P></P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Kamal Badr (Lebanon)</P>
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<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P></P>
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<P></P>
<P>Organizing Committee</P>
<P>Chairs of the Research Abstracts Forum</P>
<P>John Richards (AAEM) &amp; Peter Thompson (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Chairs of the Healthcare Systems Forum</P>
<P>Jeffrey Arnold (AAEM) &amp; Pinchas Halpern (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Chairs of the Research Education Forum</P>
<P>Judd Hollander (SAEM) &amp; David Yates (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Chairs of the Residency Education Track</P>
<P>Mary Jo Wagner (CORD) &amp; Roberta Petrino (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Chairs of the Disaster Medicine Track</P>
<P>Michel Debacker (EuSEM/EMDM) &amp; Carl Schultz (AAEM)</P>
<P>Chairs of the Neurological Emergencies Track</P>
<P>Ed Sloan (FERNE) &amp; Francesco Della Corte (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Chairs of the Prehospital Track:</P>
<P>Francis Mencl (NAEMSP), Raed Arafat &amp; Helen Askitopoulou (EuSEM)</P>
<P>Chairs of the Middle Eastern Conference</P>
<P>James Holliman (CIEM) &amp; Mark Davis (AAEM)</P>
<P>Ulkumen Rodoplu (EuSEM) &amp; Abdullah Al Musleh (Qatar)</P>
<P></P>
<P>Other Organizing Committee Members:</P>
<P>Alain Vadeboncoeur (Canada) Hashim Allam (Egypt) </P>
<P>Gabor Kelen (Maryland) Philip Anderson</P>
<P>(Massachusetts)</P>
<P>Tomislav Petrovic (France) Jeffrey Smith (Washington</P>
<P>DC)</P>
<P></P>
<P>Workshop Directors</P>
<P>Emergency Ultrasound: </P>
<P>Peter Thompson (EuSEM) &amp; Michael Lambert (AAEM)</P>
<P>Non-invasive Ventilation: </P>
<P>Roberta Petrino (EuSEM) &amp; Dianne Birnbaumer (USA)</P>
<P>Airway Management: </P>
<P>Volker Döerges (Germany) &amp; Ron Walls (AAEM)</P>
<P>Pediatric Procedures: </P>
<P>Ghazala Sharrief (AAEM) &amp; Yezhekiel Waisman (Israel)</P>
<P>Emergency Nursing: </P>
<P>Donna Nowakowski (ENA) &amp; Ghaleb Okla (New Mowasat Hospital)</P>
<P>Chemical Weapons of Opportunity: </P>
<P>Paula Burgess (ATSDR) &amp; Michel Debacker (EMDM)</P>
<P></P>
<P>Advisory Board </P>
<P>Chairs: </P>
<P>Santiago Ferrandiz (Spain)</P>
<P>Guido Monga, Dean, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy</P>
<P>Alberto Manetta, Senior Associate Dean, University of California, Irvine</P>
<P></P>
<P>Presidents and Chairs of Sponsoring Societies:</P>
<P>Felipe Chavida (SEMERGEN, Spain) John Heyworth (BAEM, UK)</P>
<P>Ramon Morera (SEMFYC, Cataluña)* Federico Miglio (Italy)* </P>
<P>Anton Teixidor (SEMERGEN, Cataluña)* Michael Kosnett (ACMT)*</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jacques Kopferschmidtt (SFMU, France)* Marc Giroud (SAMU, France)</P>
<P>Robert Bass (NAEMSP) Richard Hunt</P>
<P>(NAEMSP)* </P>
<P>Donna Nowakowski (ENA)* Ubaldo Mengozzi</P>
<P>(Italy)*</P>
<P>Mark Sabbe (Belgium)* Gos de Vries</P>
<P>(Netherlands)* </P>
<P>Roger Lewis (SAEM)* Dar-Yu Yang</P>
<P>(Taiwan)* </P>
<P>Stephen Hayden (CORD)* Debra Perina (CORD) **</P>
<P>Hahn Shick Lee (Korea)* Kumar Alagappan</P>
<P>(AAEMI)* </P>
<P>Cobbi Assaf (Israel)* Andrej Brucan</P>
<P>(Slovenia)* </P>
<P>Kwan Yu Chien (China)* Jae-Myung Chung</P>
<P>(Korea)* </P>
<P>Juliusz Jakubaszko (Poland)* Mabel Vasnaik (SEMI,</P>
<P>India)* </P>
<P>Milan Tichacek (Czech Republic)* Ruben Gutierrez Luna</P>
<P>(Mexico)*</P>
<P>Ulkumen Rodoplu (Turkey) * Bengt Widgren</P>
<P>(Sweden) * </P>
<P>Abdelwahab Almusleh (Pan-Arab Society)* Raed Arafat (Romania)*</P>
<P>Theodor Fridriksson (Iceland) ** Mary-Claire Baby</P>
<P>(Quebec)*</P>
<P></P>
<P>All of these societies are sending official representatives or delegations and are promoting the Congress to their members. They also give input into the program and provide speakers and moderators. </P>
<P></P>
<P>Listed advisory board leaders are being acknowledged for their support. Some nations have two names listed to reflect a change in the leadership since we started planning the Congress.</P>
<P></P>
<P>* indicates this leader has expressed interest or commitment in personally representing his or her national society at the Congress.</P>
<P>** indicates he or she is not likely to come and that another society</P>
<P>leader will be representing them. </P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Other Regional Leaders &amp; Advisory Board Members:</P>
<P></P>
<P>Spain:</P>
<P>Dolors Fores (SEMFYC, Cataluña)* Albert Casasa (SEMFYC)*</P>
<P>Emilio Garcia Criado (SEMERGEN, Spain) Juan Sanchez-Lloret (Spain)*</P>
<P>Josep Martinez-Carretero (IES, Cataluña)* Andreu Claret (EIM)*</P>
<P></P>
<P></P>
<P>International:</P>
<P>Vitor Almeida (Portugal)* Valerio Gai</P>
<P>(Italy)* </P>
<P>Fikri Abu-Zidan (United Arab Emirates)* David Cone (NAEMSP)* </P>
<P>Robert Shesser (Washington, DC)* Paul E. Pepe (Texas)*</P>
<P>Nabeel Al Abdulrahman (Abu Dhabi)* Jon Baldursson (Iceland)*</P>
<P>Denis Vella Baldacchino (Malta)* Walt Stoy</P>
<P>(Pennsylvania)*</P>
<P>Jassim Al Mehza (Bahrain/Arab Board)* Ali Bidari (Iran)*</P>
<P>Jae-Myung Chung (Korea)* Mohamud Daya</P>
<P>(Oregon)* </P>
<P>Elhoussine Elourdi (Morocco)* Aldo Panegrossi</P>
<P>(SIMEU)</P>
<P>Cem Oktay (Turkey)* Oktay Eray</P>
<P>(Turkey)*</P>
<P>Bilal Kattan (Saudi)* John Fowler</P>
<P>(Turkey)*</P>
<P>Zouheir Jerbi (Tunisia)* Richard Nowak</P>
<P>(Michigan)*</P>
<P>Cengiz Kayahan (Turkey)* Tahir Ozisik</P>
<P>(Turkey)* </P>
<P>Hamed Hamadeh (New Mowasat, Kuwait)* Larry Gold (California)* </P>
<P>Sulaiman Al-Abbadi (Jordan) Rashed Hijazi</P>
<P>(Jordan)</P>
<P>Tammi Thomas (California)* Yosef Leiberman</P>
<P>(Israel)*</P>
<P>Tawfiq Nasser (Gaza &amp; the West Bank)* Jamil Bayram (Lebanon)*</P>
<P></P>
<P>Invited Speakers and Moderators</P>
<P>* All members of the Executive, Organizing, and Scientific</P>
<P>Committees </P>
<P>* All members of the Advisory Board in attendance </P>
<P>* All Course Directors and Chairs of Special Tracks and Forums </P>
<P></P>
<P>In addition, the list of invited speakers so far includes:</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Nadeem Al-Duaij (Kuwait)</P>
<P>Steve Linscott (Utah)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jim Adams (SAEM)</P>
<P>Robert Luten (Florida)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Akmal Al Sawi (New Mowasat, Kuwait)</P>
<P>Joe Manna (Washington DC)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Andrew Asimos (North Carolina)</P>
<P>Vit Marecek (Czech Republic)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Erik Auf der Heide (ATSDR)</P>
<P>Amal Mattu (Maryland)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jill Baren (SAEM)</P>
<P>Gregory Mears (NAEMSP)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jamil Bayram (Lebanon &amp; Illinois)</P>
<P>Jim Menagazzi (NAEMSP)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Tom Beattie (UK)</P>
<P>Mihal Kerci (Albania)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Ali Bidari (Iran)</P>
<P>Oscar Miro (Spain)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Joost Bierens (Netherlands)</P>
<P>Giusepe Nardi (Italy)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Michelle Biros (SAEM)</P>
<P>Isam Nasr (Illinois)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Janice Blanchard (Washington DC)</P>
<P>Lewis Nelson (ACMT)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Gautham Bodiwala (UK)</P>
<P>Bob Neumar (SAEM)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>J.Stephen Bohan (Massachusetts)</P>
<P>Robert O'Conner (NAEMPS)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Brad Bunney (FERNE)</P>
<P>Gunnar Ohlen (Sweden)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Paul Calle (Belgium)</P>
<P>Kazi Omar (Oman)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Edward Cetaruk (AMCT)</P>
<P>Josef Osterwalder (Switzerland)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Andrew Chang (California)</P>
<P>Stephanie Ostrowski (ATSDR)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Gregory Ciottone (Massachusetts)</P>
<P>Dominique Pateron (France)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Giuseppe Citerio (Italy)</P>
<P>Karoli Piko (Hungary)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>David Cone (NAEMSP)</P>
<P>Jirí Pokorný (Czech Republic)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Steve Colucciello (North Carolina)</P>
<P>Nadeem Qureshi (Saudi Arabia)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Steve Curry (ACMT)</P>
<P>Peter Richman (Arizona)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jean Claude Deslandes (France)</P>
<P>Richard Rothman (Maryland)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jeff Desmond, MD (Michigan)</P>
<P>Carlos Garcia Rosas (Mexico)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jonathan Edlow (FERNE)</P>
<P>Scott Rudkin (California)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Osama El Orabi (Egypt)</P>
<P>Frans Rutten (Netherlands)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Giovanni Ferrari (Italy)</P>
<P>Leon Sanchez (Massachusetts)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>George Fleyhi (Lebanon)</P>
<P>Miguel Sanchez (Spain)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>M.R. Foda (Egypt)</P>
<P>David Schriger (California) </P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Chris Fox (California)</P>
<P>Shreef Shaker (Egypt)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Lee Garvey (North Carolina)</P>
<P>Nathan Shapiro (Massachusetts)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Paolo Groff (Italy)</P>
<P>Suzanne Shepherd (Pennsylvania)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Peter Hill (Maryland)</P>
<P>Neal Sikka (Washington DC)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Stephen Huff (FERNE)</P>
<P>Adam Singer (SAEM)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Said Idrissi (Belgium)</P>
<P>Curtis Snook (ATSDR/ACMT)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Abdelrahman Imbabi (Sudan)</P>
<P>Eldar Soreide (Norway)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Sheldon Jacobson (New York)</P>
<P>Jeffrey Suchard (California)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Sam Keim (CORD)</P>
<P>Stuart Swadron (Canada)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Osama Y. Kentab (Saudi)</P>
<P>Tamer Tadros (Netherlands)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Muayd Khalid (Qatar)</P>
<P>Firas Tawfiq (Qatar)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Ziad Issa Khozouz (Spain)</P>
<P>Vivek Tayal (North Carolina) </P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Ed Kilbourne (ATSDR)</P>
<P>Dominique Van Pee (Belgium)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Mark Kirk (ATSDR / ACMT)</P>
<P>Jacquo Van Remmen (Netherlands)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Jeffrey Kline (North Carolina)</P>
<P>Jose Ramon Garcia Vinay (Mexico)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Gloria Kuhn (CORD)</P>
<P>Soon-Joo Wang (Korea)</P>
<P>Ken Kwon (California)</P>
<P>Paul Wax (ACMT)</P>
<P>Mark Langdorf (California)</P>
<P>Marvin Wayne (Washington)</P>
<P>Gregory Larkin (Texas)</P>
<P>Benno Wolcke (Germany)</P>
<P>Joe Lex (Pennsylvania)</P>
<P>Sadat Yanturalli (Turkey)</P>
<P>Erica Liebelt (ATSDR / ACMT)</P>
<P>Leslie Zun (Illinois)</P>
<P></P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Abstract Submission</P>
<P></P>
<P>Participants are invited to submit abstracts online at &lt;</FONT><A href="http://www.emcongress.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.emcongress.org/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; </FONT><A href="http://us.f413.mail.yahoo.com/ym/www.emcongress.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>www.emcongress.org</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2> where you will find all necessary instructions. </P>
<P></P>
<P>Abstracts must be submitted online at &lt;</FONT><A href="http://www.emcongress.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.emcongress.org/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; </FONT><A href="http://us.f413.mail.yahoo.com/ym/www.emcongress.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>www.emcongress.org</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2> (preferred) or emailed to &lt;</FONT><A href="mailto:pagni@mafservizi.it"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>mailto:pagni@mafservizi.it</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; pagni@mafservizi.it. </P>
<P></P>
<P>The Research forum will accept abstracts that have been previously presented at other national, regional and international scientific meetings.</P>
<P></P>
<P>Abstracts will only be accepted if sent together with the registration fee by the deadline July 31st, 2003. The abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation will be published in the Congress Proceedings, which will be provided at the Congress. </P>
<P></P>
<P>The Journal of Emergency Medicine (JEM) and the European Journal of Emergency Medicine (EJEM) will publish the 40 abstracts that will receive the highest review scores, as determined by the EuSEM-AAEM Abstract Review Scientific Committee. </P>
<P></P>
<P>ABSTRACT DEADLINE JULY 31st, 2003</P>
<P></P>
<P>General Information </P>
<P></P>
<P>Congress Venue: Hotel Melia Sitges, Port d'Aiguadolç</P>
<P></P>
<P>Hotel Reservations: </P>
<P></P>
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<P></P>
<P>Organizational Secretariat</P>
<P></FONT><A href="http://us.f413.mail.yahoo.com/ym/www.emcongress.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>www.emcongress.org</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2> &lt;</FONT><A href="http://www.emcongress.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.emcongress.org</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; or e-mail: barcelona@emcongress.org &lt;</FONT><A href="mailto:barcelona@emcongress.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>mailto:barcelona@emcongress.org</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; </P>
<P></P>
<P></P>
<P>Language</P>
<P>English will be the official language in all tracks except for one specifically designated Spanish Track (Track F) where presentations will be in Spanish.</P>
<P></P>
<P>Congress Registration</P>
<P>Registration for the congress will be available:</P>
<P>1) by submitting an electronic registration online at &lt;</FONT><A href="http://www.emcongress.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.emcongress.org/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; </FONT><A href="http://us.f413.mail.yahoo.com/ym/www.emcongress.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>www.emcongress.org</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2> </P>
<P>2) or by faxing the registration form from the &lt;</FONT><A href="http://www.emcongress.org/barcelona.pdf"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.emcongress.org/barcelona.pdf</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; brochure (PDF file) to 001-414-276-3349 or + (39) 011-50-5976</P></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><STRONG>Brian Potts <BR>Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service</STRONG> <BR>MS-IV, UC-Irvine<p><hr SIZE=1>
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