We are pleased to announce this Call for Abstract for the AirMed World Congress 2022, taking place in Salzburg, Austria 28-30 June 2022.

In addition to medical and aviation topics, authors are welcome to submit their work on useful tools, equipment and software apps that can make our life in HEMS and Air Ambulance easier and more efficient.

With an expected number of participants close to 500, AirMed 2022 is a large and important educational and scientific event in the international HEMS and Air Ambulance community. The target audience of the congress is doctors, nurses, pilots, technical crews, researchers, managers, administrators, technicians and any other personnel involved in or having a special interest in HEMS and/or fixed-wing medical repatriation services.

Information about Abstract Submission

Submitted abstracts will be assessed by peer review by the AirMed 2022 Abstract Committee. The Abstract Committee will assess all abstracts with focus on the following five aspects:

• Topic (relevance, originality)
• Aim (accurately defined)
• Methods (adequate statistics, clear description, ethical issues)
• Results (well supported, relevance)
• Conclusion (based on findings and aims)

Only abstracts which follow the submission guidelines and are received before deadline will be taken into consideration by the Abstract Committee.

Accepted abstracts will be presented as a poster and will also be published online in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine.

You will receive information about acceptance of your abstract 20^th of May 2022. With an accepted abstract, you are entitled to register to AirMed 2022 at a reduced rate (students rate including social events).

Submission Guidelines

• All abstracts must be submitted in English
• Your abstract must not exceed 260 words (incl. title and excl. references and affiliations)
• The main text of the abstract must follow the structure: title, background, method, results and conclusion.
• The abstract shall include name of authors in the following form: Initial(s) and Surname
• The abstract shall include affiliation, including country of each author.
• You can include up to three references. No table, figure or image can be included in the abstract
• Only abstracts of the following file format will be reviewed: PDF or WORD (.DOC or .DOCX)
• The presenting author must register to the congress to be included in the final program.
• The abstract must not be based on already published studies. If the abstract (paper) is accepted for publication after submission deadline, it is still possible to present the abstract at the AirMed 2022.

On-site event

There will be a Poster Session as part of the Scientific Program for the AirMed 2022 World Congress. Awarded posters in the poster session might get the chance to be included on free slots in the program. Applicants should be prepared to give a presentation about their poster topic in one of the sessions.

Please note that, if we experience an arrival of several applications right up to the deadline, we will take the liberty to postpone the notification of the outcome of the submission out of consideration for our desire to make a thorough effort to assess the posters.

We apologise for any inconvenience in this matter.