Program

Program

Maribor, Slovenia 23. - 25. April 2026

Day 1

Arrival & registration

Polygon – PPP Maribor

LUNCH

Winfocus registration

Ultrasound cours by Winfocus
dr. Vujanović, dr. Rukavina Šabanović

Panorama motorcycle ride / walking city tour
Čander, Kukovec, Granduč

Panel session 1: Motorcycle Response Units in Contemporary Emergency Medicine: Clinical Impact, Operational Integration, and Future System development
Lausch, Milescu, Sattar, Sfakinakis

DINNER

23.4.2026

Day 2

REGISTRATION 

Wellcome speech

Guests

Simulation Training as a Tool for Improving Clinical Preparedness in Emergency Medicine
Maja Atanasovska (North Macedonia)

The role of motorcycle paramedics in the modern emergency medical service
Marko Kukovec (Slovenia)

Psych on bikes: Mental health professionals who ride the Australian outback
dr. Joe Dunn (Australia)

MRU: A Rapid Response Model for Urban Emergency Systems in Malaysia and Philippines
Mohd Taufiq Abd Sattar, Malaysia

An introductions to the Bloodbikes idea 
Peter Davis (Australia)

PANEL SESSION 2 (Q&A)
Pryhodko, Noonan, Harrison, Davis, Brvar, Hornsby

COFFE BREAK

Pediatric life support 
Primož Velikonja (Slovenia)

When to medicate? In the prehospital setting in a trauma patient
dr. Domonkos Kiss (Hungary)

Advancing prehospital hemostasis for trauma induced coagulopathy 
Marcin Sobon (Poland)

Evolutions in trauma victims managment
James lacino (France)

From prehospital blood to REBOA, fesible now, next steps ahead?
dr. Aleks Šuštar (Slovenia)

Prehospital ultrasound
dr. Taja Rukavina Šabanović (Slovenia)

JOINT LUNCH FOR AL PARTICIPANS 

Hypothermia and frostbite – emergency in prehospital
Bogdan Petre Ricu (Romania)

Crush syndrome
Marios Sfakianakis (Greece)

Blast injury
dr. Yaroslav Vus (Ukraine)

Penetrating abdominal trauma in the Prehospital setting
dr. Vida Vrečar (Slovenia)

Penetrating chest injury
dr. Alexandra Ana Dinu (Romania)

Retrospective reviev of 10 severe hemorragic shock patients by an elastic exsanguination tourniquet
prof. Noam Gavriely (Israel)

COFFE BREAK

Haemmorrhage control
Zlatko Kvržić (Slovenia)

Arrhythmia and shock
dr. Vitka Vujanović (Slovenia)

Pneumothorax in prehospital settings
dr. Vesna Borovnik Lesjak (Slovenia)

Cricothyrotomy – Emergency Airway Managment
dr. Nina Lotrič (Slovenia)

Penetrating orbiral trauma (POT) – Emergency Managment and Approach: A case report
Emilija Stamenova Naumovska (North Macedonia)

Challenging emergecy cases from Dohok City; Critical Thinking
dr. Azri Salih Haji, (Iraq)

IMRUA paramedic exchange program
Luca Granduč (Slovenia)

A look in the future
Žan Čander (Slovenia)

PANEL SESSION 3: IMRUA Exchange program
Luca Granduč, Alex Trojnar

PANEL SESSION 4: IMRUA ROUNDTABLE – MEETING
Lausch, Kukovec, Biondi, Marx, Čander

BLOOD BIKERS PROGRAM

Continuation of volunteering while in war zone
Oleksii Prykhodko (Ukraina) Moto help Dnipro

Bloodbikes Dublin’s service model
Michael Noonan (Ireland) Bloodbikers Dublin

The art of reinvention by necessity
Russ Harrison (England) Great Manchester Bloodbikers

Volunteers franchise model – bloodbikes Australia
Peter Davis (Australia) Bloodbikes Australia

Volunteer management system that work
Sabina Brvar Ivančič (Australia) Azoth Group

Blood Bikers Australia a valuable tool in supporting patients and health care providers
Deb Hornsby (Australia) General manager mater pathology

PANEL SESSION 5: Q&A from floor to all presenters
Prykhodko, Noonan, Harrison, Davis, Brvar Ivančič, Hornsby

24.4.2026

Day 3

WORKSHOPS

Pediatric life support
Location:
Trg svobode

Ultrasound (FAST)
Location:
Vinagova klet

Haemmorhage control
Location:
Grajski trg

Cricothyrotomy – emergency airway management
Location:
Lent – Stara trta

Immobilization
Location:
Slomškov trg

HEMASHOCK – auto-transfusion tourniquet
Location:
trg Leona Štuklja

CPR WITH AED for lay people
Location:
Glavni trg – kužno znamenje

PANEL SESSIONS 6: Detailed Discussions
Bloodbikers Conference

LUNCH

MOTORCYCLE CITY PARADE & PHOTOSHOOTING 
Marko Kukovec, Žan Čander

GALA DINNER
Narodni dom

25.4.2026