Calls for Abstracts
For the upcoming AIRMED 2011 World Congress in Brighton the Scientific Committee are inviting all involved persons in HEMS and fixed-wing operations (physicians, pilots, managers, engineers, regulation officers, dispatchers etc.) to submit abstracts for inclusion in the congress programme.
The Scientific Committee are inviting abstracts for inclusion in the programme for AIRMED 2011 in the following fields:
- Pre-hospital medicine
- Flight safety
- Maintenance
- Management
- Training and Simulation
- Research (medical and technical)
Authors should follow the guidelines below for submissions. Abstracts not conforming to these guidelines will not be considered.
All abstracts must be submitted in English and presented in English at the Congress.
Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of experts and selected on the basis of merit, for either oral or poster presentation. The time allotted for each oral presentation will depend on the session to which the abstract is allocated.
Notification of acceptance or rejection by the Scientific Committee will be emailed to the presenting author, at the address given on the abstract form, at the end of October 2010. Detailed information for oral or poster presentation, as well as the date, time and venue of the presentation will be sent to the author in due time.
Accepted abstracts will be downloaded to a memory stick which will be available at the Congress.
All presenting authors must be registered for the Congress by 1st November 2010.
Deadlines
How to make submissions online
Authors should email Abstracts@kaat.org.uk to get their username and password and instructions on how to upload their abstracts. You can use this information to submit your presentation at any time until the closing dates.
Authors can submit an unlimited number of abstracts.
Guidelines
Abstracts
- Submissions should be evidence based
- Maximum of 3,000 characters
- All relevant figures and data must be included
- All authors must be named and agree to publication of the abstract text
- Must state whether submission is oral or poster
Presentations
- Talks must be a maximum of 10 minutes long, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion
- Presentations should be PowerPoint only. No PPS files or Mac versions are allowed
- Presenters can use only laptops provided at Congress. Use of own laptops are not allowed
- All authors must agree to EHAC using the presentation, with authors being credited.
