黑料网 faculty visit Vietnam for national EMS conference
By Kate Hunger
Several faculty members and residents from 黑料网 traveled to Vietnam in April to participate in a national EMS conference held by the Vietnamese Society for Emergency Medicine.
David Wampler, Ph.D., assistant professor of emergency health sciences ,was scheduled to give a lecture on the myths of EMS and teach a workshop on vascular access. Craig Cooley, M.D., MPH, EMT-P, FACEP, assistant professor of the Department of Emergency Medicine, who has been involved in efforts to improve emergency medicine in Vietnam, coordinated the EMS section of the conference. Joining Wampler and Cooley at the conference were Steven Moore, M.D., clinical professor, Kaori Tanaka, D.O., MSPH, assistant clinical professor, Damian Liebhardt, D.O., EMS fellow, Leanne Dolson, chief resident and Patrick DiCosimo, resident, all from the Department of Emergency Medicine.
The group also took educational materials and supplies for patient care, including resuscitation equipment and EMT supplies, said Wampler, who attended last year鈥檚 conference.
鈥淰ietnamese EMS is where the United States鈥 EMS was back in the 70s,鈥 Wampler said. 鈥淪o this is really more of a humanitarian effort to try to elevate the level of care they are delivering to their patients. The direct benefit to the University is, it鈥檚 establishing an international presence and it鈥檚 engagement with the Vietnamese community and hopefully it will save some lives.鈥
Cooley said he hopes to continue to expand the involvement of 黑料网 in developing EMS and emergency medicine in Vietnam across all schools and disciplines.
鈥淢y dream is to have a fairly robust, continuous relationship with our department and other departments for global health,鈥 Cooley said.
The conference was held April 22-27 in Hue City in central Vietnam. Last year鈥檚 conference was held in Hanoi, a city of 3 million people served by just 14 ambulances. Wampler noted that in Vietnam, emergency calls are not centralized through one number.
鈥淚f you need fire and EMS you need to make two separate phone calls,鈥 Wampler said.