EMA @ Colombo, Sri Lanka

Emergency Medicine Association (EMA) leaders Dr. Ajith Venugopalan along with Dr. Jobin Jose and Dr. Binoy Xavier represented India at The Colombo International Trauma Conference (CITC) at The National Hospital of Srilanka. Dr. Ajith Venugopalan was invited as the Course Director for the program.

Emergency Medicine Association (EMA) India joined hands with our Colleagues from Sri Lanka and the department of Emergency Medicine, MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery, Kerala, India as the academic partners for the conference. The conference was organised by the National Hospital of Sri Lanka and the A & E Association of Sri Lanka.

The session was inaugurated by Dr. Sunil De Alwis (Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka). Dr. W. K. Wickramasinghe (Deputy Director General, NHSL), Dr. Ajith Venugopalan, (Head, Emergency Medicine, MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery, Kerala, India, The Lead, National EM Residency Network, Emergency Medicine Association, India & the Course Director), Dr.Samiddhi Samarakoon (Deputy Director, Accident & Orthopaedic Services, NHSL), Mrs. MBC Samanmali (Director – Nursing, NHSL), Dr. Jobin Jose (Chief Emergency Physician, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Amala Institute of Medical Sciences,Thrissur, Kerala, India) and Dr. Binoy Xavier (Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Amala Institute of Medical Sciences,Thrissur, Kerala, India) andMs. Pushpa Zoysa (National Co-ordinator – Training, President, A & E Nurses Association – Srilanka) were also present.

CITC was a major academic event in Sri Lanka. Apart from India and Sri Lanka, CITC also had Resource persons from Thailand and Japan.

The conference is organized with the objective of providing a common platform to share knowledge in all aspects of Basic Emergencies, trauma care, disaster management and sharing Sri Lankan experience and expertise in this field with international community.The 2 day event had interactive lectures and hands on workshops and Group discussion. The event was well receivedby the delegates who were active throughout the event, with huge participation from the A & E nurses.

The review and the feedback of the event was really encouraging.The organisers and the delegated acknowledged the efforts put in by Dr. Jobin Jose and Dr. Binoy Xavier as resource person and Dr. Ajith Venugopalan as resource person and Course Director. According to the delegates this training helped in learning and updating their knowledge as well as skills and would help in creating a uniform system in trauma assessment and stabilisation in the emergency room in Srilanka. The support lent by the Emergency Medicine Association (EMA) India was highly appreciated.

About Dr. Ajith Venugopalan. MBBS, MD(Emergency Medicine), Fellow of Academic College of Emergency Experts (FACEE), Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine (FICM)

Dr. AjithVenugopalan is the Head of the department, Department of Emergency Medicine at MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He has been a faculty in many National and International conferences. He has published articles in various indexed journals. He was also a co-author for few handbooks related to emergency medicine. His special area of interest is Pre-hospital medicine and Disaster Medicine.Dr.Ajith is also the Lead, National EM Residency Network,and Emergency Medicine Association (EMA) of India.

About EMA

The Emergency Medicine Association was founded in 2015 during the INDUSEM2015 World Congress of Academic Emergency Medicine in New Delhi. EMA is the Official voice of competent Emergency Experts. Working towards provision of quality emergency care The EMA is an organized Guild of Emergency Leaders in Health and Medicine. Focused on Developing, Practicing and Progressing Emergency Medicine. EMA has a strong relation with partner organizations, individuals and institutions across the world. The EMA boasts of a strong DNA with its relationships, which are geared towards potentiating growth. EMA has the support of the INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative, the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India and the Academic for Clinical Emergency Nursing in India. For More Information: www.emaindia.net

About INDUSEM

The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information visit: www.indusem.org

About CITC

The Annual Colombo International Trauma Conference brings together researches, clinicians, medical administrators, and other healthcare professionals in an international forum, enabling the exchange of the latest advances in both science, practice and health management, in this era of transformation of health care from local to global. The conference is unique in the sense that it has a wide range of participants from medical administrators, consultants, doctors, nurses and paramedical and cover wide range of areas from emergency care to electronic health. An international panel of experts from developed and emerging economies speak at CITC. CITC is organized with the objective of providing a common platform to share knowledge in all aspects of trauma care and sharing Sri Lanka experience and expertise in this field with international community. CITC reaches all the leading health institutes, hospitals, regulating bodies, decision makers and professionals in Sri Lanka.For more information: http://colombotraumaconference.org/