EUSEM Winter Days at Secours Expo – Paris, France I 19–20 March 2026

EUSEM Winter Days at Secours Expo – Paris, France I 19–20 March 2026

EUSEM Winter Days

Secours Expo – Paris, France
19–20 March 2026

Please note this is a preliminary programme and is subject to change.

 

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Thursday 19th March – Day 1

14:00 – Opening Ceremony
Welcome to EUSEM Winter Days
Theme: Frontline Military Medicine meets Frontline Emergency Medicine – a growing need to share skills and knowledge
Speaker: Dr Robert Leach, President EUSEM (15 min)

14:20 – Keynote 1
Topic: The future of Disaster and Prehospital Medicine in a changing world
Speaker: Dr Raed Arafat (30 min)

14:50 – Plenary 1: Advances in Prehospital Care at the Extremes

  • Traumatic Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitative Thoracotomy – who survives? – Jim Connolly (15 min)

  • How do you train for rare events? – Dr Kate Prior & Dr Anne Weaver, London HEMS (15 min)

  • Bringing increasingly complex care to the roadside (Endovascular Resuscitation) – Dr Alice Hutin (15 min)

  • Medicine in extreme remote areas – Dr Thomas Lee, TAAF (15 min)

15:50 – Coffee Break

16:10 – Interactive Session: Disaster Medicine & Mass Casualties
Mass Casualty Triage: MCM in your ED – WHO Academy
Speakers: Prof Abdo Khoury, Dr Steve Photiou, Dr Jim Connolly

17:10 – Keynote 2
Topic: Psychological Impact of War and Terrorism – The Medic as Target
Speaker: Dr Saleyha Ahsan (30 min)

Evening: Networking Reception & Poster Presentations

 

Friday 20th March – Day 2

09:15 – Morning Keynote 3
Topic: Overview of Recent Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
Speaker: Dr Steve Photiou (30 min)

09:45 – Military Medicine & Damage Control: What Every EM Doctor Needs to Know

  • Lessons in Military Medicine we have forgotten/relearnt – MED MILITAIRE PERCY

  • Wounds of War: Blast Injuries in Modern Combat and Civilian Zones – Pr Guillaume Bollaert (French Army)

  • The "C-ABCDE" Approach in a Hostile Environment – Initial Stabilization under Threat – Dr Vitor Almeida, Portugal

  • Lessons Learnt from Ukraine – Dr Halyna Tsimbaliuk, Ukraine

  • Prehospital Learning – Dr Vitalii Kryliuk

11:00 – Coffee Break

11:30–12:30 – Plenary 4: CBRN Threats in the 21st Century
Moderator: Dr Steve Photiou & Dr Diana Cimpoesu

  • Preparing the population for CBRN attacks – Pr Benoit Vivien, SAMU Paris

  • Emerging Biological Threats – Dr Takoua Khzouri, ECDC/CDC Specialist

  • Detection at the Scene – Dr Hubert Gueriot, Paris Fire Brigade / French Army

12:30 – Keynote 4
Topic: International Disaster Response Coordination
Speaker: Raed Arafat

13:00 – Lunch Break

14:00 – Interactive Session: Workshop 1
CBRN, Triage, and Case Studies – Vitor Almeida (60 min)

15:20 – Keynote 5
Topic: Preparing the Civilian Response to Military Casualties in Europe
Speaker: Prof. Pierre Carli, SAMU de Paris (30 min)

15:45 – Closing Round Table
Disaster Medicine 2030: Priorities for Research, Training, and International Cooperation
Representatives:

  • EUSEM, SFMU, NATO

  • European Commission

  • Dr Saleyha Ahsan / Dr Raed Arafat / MoH Latvia

  • SFMC / Dr Lee Wallis, WHO

  • Prof Rist (French Institute of Health)

16:30 – Closing Ceremony