Asian Association for Emergency Medical Services

Introduction

The Asian Association for Emergency Medical Services was first founded in 2009 in Busan, Korea. Recognising that the EMS systems in Asia have been under-developed and immature because of the short history of development in this part of the world, the Asian Association for Emergency Medical Services aims to promote and advocate pre-hospital care / EMS in Asia.

The Association has undertaken the following as its mission:

Promote sharing of experience of other EMS systems
Act as advocates for EMS to difference communities
Create opportunities for education and training for EMS physicians and providers
Collaborate with each other for advancement of EMS systems
Undertake research projects on pre-hospital care

Since the Association was formalised, it has organised a number of meetings and educational activities to improve the understanding of EMS systems in the region. The meetings include:

June 2014: International Conference for Emergency Medicine, Hong Kong
October 2013: Asian Conference for Emergency Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
August 2013: Korean Council of EMS Physicians Summer Symposium, Seoul, Korea
April 2013: 2nd EMS Asia, Singapore
November 2012: The 40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
September 2012: EMS Asia, Penang, Malaysia
April 2012: 1st International Pre-hospital Care Conference,Dubai, UAE
July 2011: Asian Conference for Emergency Medicine in Bangkok, Thailand
October 2010: Japanese Association for Acute Medicine in Tokyo, Japan
June 2010: International Conference for Emergency Medicine in Singapore
April 2010: Korean Society of Emergency Medicine in Daegu, Korea
January 2010: National Association for EMS Physicians in Phoenix, USA
May 2009: Asian Conference for Emergency Medicine in Busan, Korea

For further updates and information on the Asian Association for Emergency Medical Services, kindly refer to the homepage of the Association at: http://www.emsasia.org/