Scottish Cardiac Arrest Symposium 2023
SCAS is series of events where we be highlight the change in culture and clinical outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest across Scotland following the launch of Scotland’s Strategy for OHCA.
SCAS23 ‘Getting our SHIFT together’ was staged at the Hilton Doubletree at Edinburgh Airport on October 6th. It was a highly informative and entertaining day with a series of TED-style talks including keynotes by Prof Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director for the Scottish Government and Professor Lionel Lamhaut, program lead for Prehospital ECMO-CPR at the University Hospital of Necker-Paris. Key themes included Health Inequalities and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, high quality pre-hospital Advanced Life Support, ECMO-CPR, bystander aftercare and the GoodSAM responder app.
The event was free to attend and view thanks to our industry sponsors including Zoll Medical, Mindray and Ortus. For further information about SCAS23 or to watch the presentations online go to www.scas.scot.