Program — West Aula

Go to program for Aula 1000 — Opening, Saturday sessions 1–6, Sunday sessions 1–6 and Closing Ceremony.

Saturday — April 12, 2025

Session 1A : MASS CASUALTY — DISASTER MEDICINE 8:00 am – 9:55 am
Session 2A : PREHOSPITAL (EMS and HEMS) 10:05 am – 12:00 pm
Session 3A : BLEEDING SESSION 12:10 am – 1:05 pm
Session 4A : CLINICAL SESSION Part one 2:00 pm – 3:40 pm
Session 5A : CRITICAL AND INTENSIVE CARE IN THE EMERGENCY MEDICINE 3:50 pm – 5:50 pm
Session 6A : END-OF-LIFE CARE/COMFORT CARE 5:50 pm – 6:30 pm
SPECIAL DISCUSSION 6:30 pm – 6:50 pm

Sunday — April 13, 2025

SESSION 1A : MANAGEMENT 8:00 am – 9:30 am
SESSION 2A : INNOVATION AND RESEARCH 9:40 am – 11:10 am
SESSION 3A : AI SESSION 11:20 am – 12:50 am
SESSION 4A : LEGISLATION and LAW (Only in Polish Language) 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
SESSION 5A : END-OF-LIFE CARE/COMFORT CARE 2:10 pm – 3:00 pm
SESSION 6A : VARIA 3:45 pm – 5:20 pm

Saturday — April 12, 2025 — Sessions of West Aula

8:00 am – 6:50 pm

Session 1A : MASS CASUALTY — DISASTER MEDICINE 8:00 am – 9:55 am

Moderators:

Prof. Mehmet Akif Karamercan (Türkiye)
Dr Carlos Garcia Rosas (Mexico)
Prof. Amin Antoine Kazzi (Lebanon)
Marcin Chlabicz MD PhD (Poland)

What we have learned from the largest earthquake in Turkey/Türkiye Mehmet Akif Karamercan MD Profesor of Emergency Medicine (Türkiye)
Dealing with Earthquake experience from Mexico (Tips and tricks) Carlos Garcia Rosas MD (Mexico)
Mass Casualty Management — ED Lesson learned in Beirut (part 1) Prof. Amin Antoine Kazzi (President the Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine)
Mass evacuation of children with oncological diseases at the beginning of the war in Ukraine — Operation Safer Ukraine Paweł Kukiz-Szczuciński MD (Poland)
Emergency hospital evacuation — flood 2024 in Poland Małgorzata Florczak (Opole, Poland)

Discussion 9:40 am – 9:55 am

Coffee Break 9:55 am – 10:05 am

Session 2A : PREHOSPITAL (EMS and HEMS) 10:05 am – 12:00 pm

Moderators:

Dr Konrad Matyja (Poland)
Assoc. Prof. Klaudiusz Nadolny (Poland)

Crew Resource Management from Polish Air Ambulance perspective Michał Sobczyk MD (Poland)
Lazarus syndrome Konrad Matyja MD (Poland)
HEMS during the flood in southern Poland in September 2024 Przemysław Barczentewicz BA (Poland)
Training methods for emergency hysterotomy in HEMS Łukasz Skorupa MD (Poland)
Out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest in Poland Assoc. Prof. Klaudiusz Nadolny (Katowice, Poland)
Analysis of triage systems in Poland Anna Ingielewicz MD (Gdańsk, Poland)
Paramedics problems in providing pre-hospital medical assistance to a severe burn patient Leszek Marzec MD (Poland)

Discussion 11:50 am – 12:00 pm

Coffee Break 12:00 pm – 12:10 pm

Session 3A : BLEEDING SESSION 12:10 am – 1:05 pm

Moderators:

Prof. Jerzy Robert Ładny (Białystok, Poland)
Dr Elżbieta Nowacka (Warsaw, Poland)

Obstetric haemorhage — Polish experience Elżbieta Nowacka MD PhD (Warsaw Medical University, Poland)
Eligibility for treatment with Ondexxya in patients taking apixaban or rivaroxaban who have had life-threatening bleeding (pol. Kwalifikacja do leczenia preparatem Ondexxya pacjentów przyjmujących apiksaban lub rywaroksaban, u których wystąpiło krwawienie zagrażające życiu) Prof. Robert Jerzy Ładny (Białystok, Poland)
Haemorrhagic stroke in ED — a lot depends on us Jacek Szypenbejl MD PhD (Gdańsk, Poland)
Thrombotic microangiopathies: a challenge for Emergency Medicine Prof. Michał Nowicki (sponsored by AstraZeneca Pharma Poland Sp. z o.o.)

Discussion 12:55 pm – 1:05 pm

Lunch Break 1:05 pm – 2:00 pm

Session 4A : CLINICAL SESSION Part one 2:00 pm – 3:40 pm

Moderators:

Prof. Yosuke Matsumura (Japan)
Prof. Dominik Strzelecki (Poland)
Prof. Gary Gaddis (USA)

Endovascular resuscitation in hybrid ER – REBOA, ECMO, embolization in hybrid ER Prof. Yosuke Matsumura (Japan)
Bordeline Disorders at the Emergency Department Prof. Dominik Strzelecki (Lodz, Poland)
Nasal High FLow Oxygen Therapy in Emergency Department Prof. Mariusz Sieminski (Gdańsk, Poland) (sponsored by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Poland Sp. z o.o.)
How AI may be expected to influence the practice of emergency medicine Prof. Gary Gaddis (USA)
Non-invasive respiratory support in the emergency room – clinical cases Michał Dworzyński MD (Lodz, Poland) (sponsored by Cirro Sp. z o.o.)

Discussion 3:30 pm – 3:40 pm

Coffee break 3:40 pm – 3:50 pm

Session 5A : CRITICAL AND INTENSIVE CARE IN THE EMERGENCY MEDICINE 3:50 pm – 5:50 pm

Moderators:

Prof. Juliusz Jakubaszko (Past president of PTMR, Poland)
Prof. Adam Nogalski (Past president of PTMR, Poland)

Why is it worth using Nasal High Flow Therapy for rapid respiratory stabilization of a patient in the Emergency Department, and even in the pre-hospital care? Prof. Szymon Skoczyński (Poland) (sponsored by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Poland Sp. z o.o.)
Effective nebulization in prehospital and hospital settings — key aspects of therapy for patients at home, during transport and in the emergency department (pol. Skuteczna nebulizacja w warunkach przedszpitalnych i szpitalnych — kluczowe aspekty terapii u pacjenta w domu, podczas transportu i na SOR) Marta Szafraniec (sponsored by Cirro Sp. z o.o.)
Degloving injuries — tips for emergency medicine physicians Anna Kasielska-Trojan (Lodz, Poland)
How to improve treatment outcomes for patients with combat trauma of major blood vessels Konstanty Lonski (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
Hitting the right ke(y)tone measurements – what, why and when? Dr Marcin Pacek (Cormay Diagnosis)

Discussion 5:40 pm – 5:50 pm

Session 6A : END-OF-LIFE CARE/COMFORT CARE 5:50 pm – 6:30 pm

Moderators:

Prof. Monica Gaddis (USA)
Prof. Judith Tintinalli (USA)
Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Timler (Poland)

Is gasping a problem for healthcare professionals? Ewelina Szymczak MD (Lodz, Poland)
A Rare Case of Initial Diagnosis of Ewing’s Sarcoma in the Emergency Department Adam Macech MD (Warsaw, Poland)
End of Life Care in Poland Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Timler MD PhD (Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland)

Discussion 6:20 pm – 6:30 pm

SPECIAL DISCUSSION 6:30 pm – 6:50 pm

Discussion with experts: Prof. Jerzy Robert Ładny, dr hab. Klaudiusz Nadolny, Prof. Michał Nowicki (sponsored by AstraZeneca Pharma Poland Sp. z o.o.)

Sunday — April 13, 2025 — Sessions of West Aula

8:00 am – 5:20 pm

SESSION 1A : MANAGEMENT 8:00 am – 9:30 am

Moderators:

Rakesh Jalali MD (Vice President of PTMR, Medical University of Olsztyn, Poland)
Prof. Jarosław Berent (Lodz, Poland)
Assoc. Prof. Grzegorz Cebula (Kraków, Poland)

Five tips to facilitate team communication Assoc. Prof. Grzegorz Cebula (Kraków, Poland)
Principles of the prehospital treatment of an agitated patient Anna Smędra MD PhD, prof. Jarosław Berent (Lodz, Poland)
Can ED be profitable? Accounting in Emergency Department Prof. Mariusz Siemiński (Gdańsk, Poland)
Stroke treatment in the emergency room Jesús Daniel Lopez Tapia (Mexico)

Discussion 9:20 am – 9:30 am

Coffee Break 9:30 am – 9:40 am

SESSION 2A : INNOVATION AND RESEARCH 9:40 am – 11:10 am

Moderators:

Prof. Yosuke Matsumura (Chibo University, Japan)
Dimitrios Tsiftsis MD (President of Society, Greece)

Endovascular therapy in severe trauma patients Prof. Yosuke Matsumura (Chibo University, Japan)
Antiarrhythmic drugs used in Emergency Medical Teams Michał Kucap BCs PhD
Setting up an Emergency Department. The prerequisites of the Greek Ministry of Health Dimitrios Tsiftsis MD (Greece)
Military-Civilian Trauma System Integration in Europe: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Strategies for Emergency Preparedness dr hab. Katarzyna Naylor prof. UM (Poland)

Discussion 11:00 am – 11:10 am

Coffee Break 11:10 am – 11:20 am

SESSION 3A : AI SESSION 11:20 am – 12:50 am

Moderators:

Prof. Remigiusz Kozłowski (Medical University of Lodz, Poland)
Prof. Tomasz Hermanowski (President of PTEZ; Warsaw University, Poland)

Literature Updates in Artificial Intelligence Prof. Gary Gaddis (USA)
AI in ED – can it replace the physician? Robert Krion MD PhD MBA (Gdańsk, Poland)
What will AI hear during resuscitation? AI-Driven Analysis of Voice Communication Quality in ALS Teams During Resuscitation Piotr Pałczyński MD (Poland)
Comparison of the effectiveness of selected medical segregation systems – a new tool ten second triage vs. Start Paweł Gawłowski MD, MBA

Discussion 12:40 pm – 12:50 pm

Coffee Break 12:50 pm – 1:00 pm

SESSION 4A : LEGISLATION and LAW (Only in Polish Language) 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Moderators:

Rafał Kubiak (Medical University of Lodz, Poland)
Małgorzata Serwach (Medical University of Lodz, Poland)

Odpowiedzialność karna za skutki medycznego błędu organizacyjnego (ang.: Criminal liability for the consequences of a medical organizational error) Dyrektor Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych dr hab. n. praw. Rafał Kubiak
Personel medyczny w relacjach z pacjentem I jego rodziną – jak uchronić się przed roszczeniami (ang.: Medical personnel in relations with the patient and his family – how to protect yourself from claims) Assoc. Prof. Małgorzata Serwach (Medical University of Lodz, Poland)

Discussion 1:50 pm – 2:00 pm

Coffee Break 2:00 pm – 2:10 pm

SESSION 5A : END-OF-LIFE CARE/COMFORT CARE 2:10 pm – 3:00 pm

Moderators:

Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Timler (Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland)
Dr hab. n. prawn. Maria Boratyńska (Katedra Prawa Cywilnego Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland)

Does a Polish Catholic view the Do Not Resusscitation will statement differently? Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Timler (Medical University of Lodz, Poland)
Futile therapy in the Code of Medical Ethics – the significance of the changes (pol.: Terapia daremna w Kodeksie Etyki Lekarskiej – znaczenie zmian) Dr hab. n. prawn. Maria Boratyńska (Katedra Prawa Cywilnego Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland)

Discussion 2:50 pm – 3:00 pm

Lunch Break 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm

SESSION 6A : VARIA 3:45 pm – 5:20 pm

Moderators:

Prof. Amin Antoine (Lebanon)
Anna Kosterkiewicz BSc (Poland)
Ewelina Szymczak MD (Poland)

Mass Casualty Management — ED Lesson learned in Beirut (part 2) Prof. Amin Antoine Kazzi (President the Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine) 3:45 pm – 4:40 pm
Coordination of EMT teams in Gaza strip during the current armed conflict. Cooperation between WHO and UCPM (Union Civil Protection Mechanism) Anna Kosterkiewicz BSc (Poland) 4:40 pm – 5:00 pm
ED overcrowding and boarding Maria Aini MD (USA) 5:00 pm – 5:20 pm

Carlos A. García Rosas

He was born and raised in the city of Apizaco, Tlaxcala, Mexico. where he
completed his studies up to high school and later emigrated to the City of Puebla
and then to Mexico City where he completed his studies of:
• Medical Surgeon from the Autonomous University of Puebla
• Later he completed the Specialty in Emergency Medicine, as a member of the
1st Generation. Within the Medical Services of the Department of the D.F.
(Today the Secretary of Health of Mexico City)
• He was accepted to do a Fellowship in Trauma & Critical Care, Subspecialty
in the United States of North America at the Washington Hospital Center,
Washington D.C.
Within his Work Experience
He has been an Assigned Physician in the Emergency Services at the Mexican
Social Security Institute, since March 1989 and in the Medical Services of the
Department of the Federal District, today the Secretary of Health of Mexico
City. He served as Deputy Medical Director at the Maternal and Child Hospital
of Cuajimalpa SMDDF,
He was Head of Service and Professor of the Specialty in Emergency Medicine
at the Mexican Social Security Institute. In the private sector he worked in
several Hospitals in Mexico City. He was the First Medical Director of the
“Ameri-Med Ambulatory Care & Hospitals” Project in Puerto Vallarta, and he
was the one who brought the original project to Mexico.
Among his Academic Activities
He has written and published multiple research papers on Emergency
Medicine in National and Foreign Journals, among which the following stand
out:
The Teaching of Emergency Medicine in the Pan-American Journal of Trauma
He developed and published a “New Method to review patients in the
emergency room called “Pneumonic Name Mmexico Evaluation”, published
in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
He is a reviewer of several chapters of the book “Study Guide of Emergency Medicine”
Fifth International Edition in English, 2000, Author, Judith Tintinaly MD
Author and editor
1.- Basic Resuscitation Care Manual to save lives 1989 first edition and
1995 second edition, Spanish language.
2.- Emergency Medicine in Mexico and the World, 2008
3.- Manual in Emergency Medicine,
First edition, 2017, ISBN 978-607-9756-50-5
Prologue: Judith Tintinalli
4.- The Tragic Ten in Emergencies + Covid-19
First edition, September 2023.
ISBN 978-607-97565-1-2
Copyright Carlos Aurelio Garcia Rosas
Prologue: Herman Delooz, 1st President Eusem.
5.- History of Pandemics and their impact until Covid-19
First edition, 2025.
ISBN in process
Copyright. Carlos Aurelio Garcia Rosas
He is the Creator and Director of the “Emergency Course Mexico” (1997
present) which has been taught in different parts of the country and abroad. It
consists of 20 curricular hours with topics related to Cardiovascular
Emergencies and Trauma.
He has taught Basic and Advanced Cardio Cerebro Pulmonary Resuscitation
courses for Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians and the General
Public, in Public and Private Schools of the Country since 1986 - to date. He
was the one who brought the first CPR course by the American Heart
Association in 1989.
He was also the one who taught for the first time together with fellow
physicians in Mexico within the Mexican Society of Emergency Medicine the
ACLS and ATLS courses.
He has given various conferences on Emergency Medicine and Trauma in
Mexico, and in more than 35 countries.
He has organized medical conferences, courses, national, international and
world congresses, diplomas, as head of the organizations he founded:
In addition to having participated as Speaker, Track Chair, Moderator, of the
Mediterranean Congress, in the United States of America, Europe, and various
parts of the world such as: Canada, United States, Costa Rica, Colombia,
Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Peru, Spain, France, Italy,
Poland, Czech Republic, Georgia, Athens, Greek Islands, Crete, Kos, Portugal,
Turkey, Croatia, Glasgow, Berlin, among others.
He has also participated in the development of the “Mexican Official Standards”
on “Prehospital Medical Care”, “Emergency Services Equipment”, “Emergency
Medical Care”, “Emergency Education”, “Preparation of the Clinical Record,
in Emergency Notes, etc.
Among the achievements in Mexican Medicine are:
Having been the Founding President of:
1.- Mexican Society of Emergency Medicine (SMME)
2.- Mexican Board on Emergency Medicine (CMMU)
3.- Mexican Committee for Heart Care and Trauma
4.- Mexican Academy of Emergency Medicine
5.- World Organization of Emergency Medicine
In addition:
Having shared the “World Level Forums” with doctors that he only knew about
from their published books and articles, and with whom he finally ended up
being friends and colleagues such as; Dr. Judith Tintinalli, Dr. Peter Rosen, Dr.
Howard Champion, Dr. Herman DeLooz, Dr. Juliusz Jakubazco, Dr. Dominique
Pateron. Dr. Joshep Lex Jr. Dr. Tony Martin, Dr. Roberta Petrino, Dr. Mario
Golocovsky. Dr. George Podgorny, Dr. Basar Cander Etc.
Who were the Founders of Emergency Medicine in the United States, Europe,
Belgium, Poland, France, Ireland, Turkey, among many others.
What he is most proud of is having raised the name of Mexico and his
hometown Apizaco and that the World knows

Amin Antoine Nabih Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, MAAEM

Dr. Amin Kazzi is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine & the Founding Former Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the American University of Beirut (AUB). In 2010, he moved on to serve for 5 years as the Deputy Chief of Staff at the AUB Medical Center. In 2016, he was appointed & served as the official Advisor to the Lebanese Minister of Health his Excellency Wael Abu-Faour. As a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, he currently practices full-time at the AUB Emergency Department while serving as Editor-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Journal of Emergency Medicine & Acute Care (MedJEM) and as President for the Mediterranean Academy of Emergency Medicine (MAEM) & for the Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine (LSEM) in the Lebanese Order of Physicians.

Dr Kazzi completed his education (MD) at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (MD 1988). He completed categorical residency training in Emergency Medicine in Detroit, Michigan (1991), at one of the first, best and largest specialist training programs in the USA. He was selected a chief resident with distinction then as a full-time faculty in the busy Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit for 1 year. Once Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, he moved back to Southern California, where he practiced for 14 years as a faculty in the Emergency Departments of two of the main Level I Trauma & tertiary care centers: the University of California, Irvine. He also practiced part-time in private community facilities such as at West Bloomfield’s Urgent Care (1989-1990), Cottage Hospital in Grosse Pointe Farms (1991-1992) & the Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills (1992-1993).

Dr Kazzi is internationally renowned in the field of Emergency Medicine (EM) for his leadership role conceptualizing, establishing & running for the last 23 years as Executive Chair & co-President the exceptional Mediterranean EM Congress, the premier multinational international conference for the specialty, as well as for his service in a variety of executive, academic and leadership roles in several professional societies.

This included service as President for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), for its California Academy of Emergency Medicine (CAL/AAEM) & the Lebanese Society for Emergency Medicine (LSEM). In 2014, he established the Mediterranean Academy of Emergency Medicine (MAEM), a regional multi-national professional platform to advance the field, the specialty, & the specialist in Emergency Medicine.

He authored more than 60 scholarly publications and has given more than 300 invited presentations across the world. He founded and published as Chief Editor two editions of the “Rules of the Road for Medical Students.” He also played a key role as founding Vice Chair for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, and as founding managing editor for the California Journal of Emergency Medicine (which later became the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine). More recently, he was appointed as a founding Chief Editor for the Mediterranean Journal of Emergency Medicine & Acute Care (Med-JEM) which target the developing nations all globally.

Dr Kazzi earned a number of key international leadership and recognition awards, the principal ones being the 2nd out of 3 recipients of the honorary designation as Master of the Academy of Emergency Medicine (MAAEM), the (European Society of Emergency Medicine) EuSEM & AAEM Founder’s Award, the AAEM International Leadership Award, the Resident Association Special Recognition Award, the Robert McNamara National Academic Achievement Award, & the David Wagner Award for longstanding special national (US) impact in the specialty.

More recently, the INDUSEM-WACEM (World Academic Council of Emergency Medicine) granted him in Mumbai “the 2021 Leader of the Year Honorary Award.”

Most importantly, In September 2015, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Board of Directors voted unanimously to rename its annual international leadership award “the Amin Kazzi International Emergency Medicine Leadership Award” in appreciation for his longstanding exceptional service and profound contribution to AAEM and to the international development of Emergency Medicine.

In addition to his full-time position at AUBMC, Dr Kazzi established, staffed & managed with his late spouse, Dr Maria Cristina Costin Kazzi, the first licensed Urgent Care Center in Lebanon, along with an ambulatory care center in the underserved region of Damour to attend to the medical needs of a region where such infrastructure was ravaged by the civil war & had not recovered. Providing service to more than 14,000 patients per year, Damour Medical Center (DMC) maintained an affiliation with the American University of Beirut (2015-2021).

As of February 2017, and after Dr Cristina Kazzi unfortunately passed away, Dr Kazzi assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer for DMC & as its Urgent Care Medical Director while still serving full-time as a Professor at the American University of Beirut. DMC provides a “Priority Medical Care “ concierge service to select patients and is equipped as a free-standing emergency department.

More recently, as of October 2023, as an elected President for the Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine, in the Lebanese Order of Physicians, Dr Kazzi organized and participated a series of seminars as well as co- organized a number of national training initiatives to prepare all 150 hospitals in Lebanon to the high risk of war and mass casualty incidents. He was appointed to represent the Order of Physicians and its Lebanese Society of Emergency Medicine as their physician-representative on the Public Health Emergency Operation Center- PHEOC. He recruited, selected and oversaw the physicians who have been, since then, serving in these training efforts, for the Ministry of Health, the WHO, ICRC, MSF alongside with the Lebanese Orders of Nurses and of Physicians.

As a 1985 recipient of the Lebanese Presidential Bachir Gemayel Honorary Award, he had committed to acquiring knowledge and developing skills unavailable in Lebanon, and to bringing that home. So, he did… Dr Kazzi returned to Beirut in 2006 to establish the specialty of Emergency Medicine in Lebanon and establish the proper standards for excellence in delivering emergency medical care. Working with an exceptional team of stellar faculty he recruited and mentored, Dr Amin Kazzi established an academic department of emergency medicine, the first in the Middle East, and the first out of 4 residency programs that have developed across Lebanon over the last 15 years. The AUBMC residency programs is accredited by the “American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) International.” This is one of 8 in the world. Nearly 15 years after he moved back to Lebanon, the specialty is now established, recognized by most third-party payers and a recruitment target by all hospitals. The specialty has specialist training programs, national conferences or activities and a medical journal and contributions at the national and regional levels. In 1985, Dr. Kazzi promised. He delivered.