We will now see you at the Melia Cohiba Hotel (the conference venue) in room Cetro A on Sunday 13th of August at 5pm. See you all soon!
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Sri Lanka Confirmed as host country for DevelopingEM 2016
It is with great excitement that I can confirm that DevelopingEM 2016 will be held in Sri Lanka. DevelopingEM is partnering with the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) as well as other Sri Lankan organisations to hold our next event in November next year. The interest from within Sri Lanka has been overwhelming and we […]
Delegate Resources
Passport Visa Tickets Travel Insurance Cash and Cards Conference Information? Downloadable and Printable Programs, Maps and Guides are available here. Its not always easy to get online or print documents in Cuba so use these resources before you go. If you want to keep in contact with the other delegates during […]
Janna returns!
Janne Welch joined our faculty in Salvador and returns to discuss Trauma Team Dynamics. Coming from Austin, Texas, the Live Music Capital of the World, it’s going to be hard to drag her away from the amazing music in Havana but we’ll try to keep her on track. Check out her presentation on Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage […]
Final Travel Tips
Okay so we know you’re deep in the preparation stages for your upcoming trip to Cuba to join us for DevelopingEM 2015. We’d just like to remind you of a couple of critical travel tips. Travel to Cuba As you know travel to Cuba is pretty easy, unless you’re coming from the USA. For […]
Our great friend Mary Langcake returns to Havana to present during our Trauma session.
Mary is a trauma and upper GI surgeon and Squadron Leader with the Royal Australian Air Force. She is the head of trauma services for South Eastern Sydney and is the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons NSW State Committee Trauma Chair. She has worked in military hospitals in Afghanistan, an experience that has placed her […]
DEM 2015 Kicks Off in a Month- Register Now
DevelopingEM 2015 returns with all the elements that make our concept a favourite including; Short Sharp Evidenced Based Clinically Relevant Presentations Delivered by a Faculty beyond compare A Global and Regional Focus Matt and Mike’s Renowned Ultrasound Podcast Workshop Complete Sponsorship of 70 regional colleagues Complete Absence of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry Involvement Our Usual […]
Presenter Profile / Previous Presentations Regan Marsh
Regan joined us in Salvador for DEM 2014 from Boston where she works as an emergency physician. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. Whilst the rest of us are satisfied with some teaching and maybe publishing an article, Regan has been involved in not only building a whole hospital in Haiti, but […]
IFEM teams up with DevelopingEM
The DevelopingEM team is greatly honoured to have had DEM2015 receive the endorsement of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM). IFEM will be partnering with DEM to sponsor the attendance of Cuban and Caribbean delegates to the event and we are very grateful for the support. Jim Holliman, the current President of IFEM, has […]
The Challenges of Point of Care UltraSound (POCUS)
One of the core elements of DevelopingEM from the start has been ultrasound. This is because ultrasound is now one of the core elements of modern clinical emergency medicine. It is applicable to nearly every presentation in some fashion. Point of care ultrasound enhances diagnostic and management strategies, as well as saving time, money and […]