Meeting abstracts from the first European Emergency Medical Services congress (EMS2016)

Abstract

The proceedings contain 46 papers. The topics discussed include: the use and impact of 12-lead electrocardiograms in acute stroke patients: a systematic review; does current pre-hospital analgesia effectively reduce pain in children caused by trauma within a UK ambulance service: a service evaluation; revising Ems dispatch procedures to manage growing demand in Victoria, Australia; mental health-related presentations to emergency medical services in Victoria, characteristics of thunderstorm asthma EMS attendances in Victoria, Australia; dispatch of fire-fighters and police officers in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide prospective cohort trial; and genuine illness and injury during Europe's largest emergency service major incident exercise. Australia.