Abstract
INDUS-EM is India’s only level one conference imparting and exchanging quality knowledge in acute care. Specifically, in general and specialized emergency care and training in trauma, burns, cardiac, stroke, environmental and disaster medicine. It provides a series of exchanges regarding academic development and implementation of training tools related to developing future academic faculty and residents in Emergency Medicine in India. The INDUS-EM leadership and board of directors invited scholars from multiple institutions to participate in this advanced educational symposium that was held in Thrissur, Kerala in October 2013.
Highlights
From October 23 to October 27, 2013 the 9th annual INDUS-emergency medicine (EM) conference entitled “Principles, Practices, and Patients,” was held in Thrissur, Kerala, India
30% of emergency patients in India die before reaching hospital and 80% of trauma victims are not cared for within the first post-injury golden hour [2]; only 2% of patients were transported to the Emergency Department (ED) by ambulance [3]
In the trauma and critical care education portion, established life saving techniques in regard to monitoring, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment were taught and this course was followed by a certification examination
Summary
The 9th annual INDUS-EM 2013 Emergency Medicine Summit, “Principles, Practices, and Patients,” a level one international meeting, Kerala University of Health Sciences and Jubilee. Mamta Swaroop, Sagar C Galwankar, Stanislaw PA Stawicki, Jayaraj M Balakrishnan, Tamara Worlton, Ravi S Tripathi, David P Bahner, Sanjeev Bhoi, Colin Kaide and Thomas J Papadimos6*
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