2025 Call for Abstracts!
Submissions are now open for 2025 abstracts. Abstracts are due June 30, 2025. The best clinical research for 2025 will receive $500 USD cash award and a travel grant of up to $2,000 USD to present your research at an over-seas international conference.
Fall 2025 ESO/PCRF Research Forum Workshop
September 22-24, 2025 - Austin, TX
The ESO/PCRF Research Forum is ideal for clinical leaders, front-line clinicians, students, and educators with innate curiosity and an itch to launch their next (or first!) research project.
The Forum matches participants with clinical mentors, methodologists, and statisticians to accelerate EMS research with the goal of improving community health and safety through the power of data.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2025
NEMSIS-PCRF Research Workshop:
Improving EMS Systems and Prehospital Clinical Interventions for Transportation Emergencies
June 4-6, 2025 - Buffalo, NY
Application Deadline: May 16
This no-nonsense workshop is both inspiring and productive. Bring only your curiosity and passion for EMS. We will surround you with data and the resources to advance EMS with science. For this workshop groups will focus on the important issue of effective and safe post-crash care. We will have use of the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) with staff on site.
SAVE the DATE! Upcoming Research Workshops!
NEMSIS/NHTSA Research Workshop | DATE: June 4-6, 2025 | Buffalo, NY | Register here by May 16
ESO Research Workshop | DATE: September 22-24, 2025 | Austin, TX | Register here by June 30
Upcoming Clinical and Education Journal Club Webinars!
Next Journal Club Clinical Webinar - May 12, 2025
Spotting Trouble Early: A 3-Point Checklist to Predict Violence in EMS
Violence against EMS clinicians is rising—but what if we could see it coming? The next Journal Club explores Aggressive Behavior Risk Assessment Tool for EMS (ABRAT-EMS), a simple 3-item checklist that helps identify potentially violent patients before transport.
Tune in as our panel dives into how it works, what it means for frontline providers, and where it fits into broader violence prevention strategies! Register below!
Join us for Two Live Monthly Webinars
PCRF Journal Club:
Clinical Research
Second Monday, noon CST
Next date: May 12, 2025
PCRF Journal Club:
Education Research
Fourth Friday, noon CST
Next date: May 30, 2025
Education, Clinical & Systems Abstracts 2020-2024
International Scientific Symposium 2024 - Las Vegas
September 2024 | at the EMS World EXPO conference
The 2024 International Scientific Symposium attracted a record-breaking 7,000 attendees from 65 countries, underscoring its global impact. It served as a platform for emergency medical service providers worldwide, featuring discussions on evolving treatment strategies, technological breakthroughs, and procedures. Experts in prehospital care, education, and research reviewed and scored this year’s abstract submissions. Panels and invited speakers presented and discussed the best research submitted. All abstracts are published and available online. The order of listing is random.
International Scientific Symposium 2023 - New Orleans
September 2023 | at the EMS World EXPO conference
2023 Abstracts are now online! The 2023 International Scientific EMS Symposium was held in September 2023 during the EMS World EXPO conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Experts in prehospital care, education, and research reviewed and scored the submissions. Panels and invited speakers presented and discussed the best research submitted. All abstracts are published and available online.
International Scientific Symposium 2022 - Orlando
October 10, 2022 to October 14, 2022
The International Scientific EMS Symposium was held in October 2022 during the EMS World EXPO conference in Orlando. All submissions were reviewed and scored by experts in prehospital care, education, and research. Invited speakers presented and discussed the best research submitted to the Prehospital Care Research Forum this year. All abstracts are published and available.
Did you miss it?
International Research Conference 2021: Global Developments in EMS Research
November 30, 2021 & December 1, 2021
Panels and invited speakers presented and discussed more than 40 original research projects spanning topics of worldwide interest including current diseases, ethics, technology, and cultural competence in paramedicine. All 42 PCRF abstracts are now published and available at EMS World.
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International Scientific Symposium 2020 - Virtual
November 20, 2020
On November 20, 2020, we took the International Scientific Symposium virtual for the year, with a day dedicated to the current state of EMS research, and the best research submitted to the Prehospital Care Research Forum this year.
