EMS Asia Kicks Off EMS Clinical Competition

A group of 10 teams from across Asia will converge at EMS Asia 2018 to participate in a clinical competition that tests each team's ability to handle a variety of patients and conditions often encountered in the prehosptial setting. Teams arrived at this year's EMS Asia conference location in Davao City, Philippines, from across the Asian continent. Last held in Seoul, South Korea in 2016, this is the fifth Asian EMS Conference, an event that seeks to unite the continent's various EMS systems to share research and education in an effort to move forward advancements in prehospital care in a forum allowing for open communication and collaboration. (JEMS partners with the Asian EMS Conference in an international effort to share information, ideas and best practices.) The first two teams to arrive, around noon today, were both from Malaysia, with other teams traveling from hundreds of miles away throughout the early evening. As teams arrived, each team leader met with the EMS competition chair and organizing committee members to ensure a smooth competiition flow for tomorrow's preliminary competition, where only the top teams will be selected to move on to the final round held on Tuesday, June 19. In the final round, the team that best navigates through poroviding patient care during a mass casualty incident will be awarded with a trophy, cash prize and bragging rights for winning the first continent-wide EMS clinical competition. Below is the list of teams (in no particular orde...
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