Program

Program

Maribor, Slovenia 23. - 25. April 2026

Day 1

Arrival

Polygon 

PPP Maribor

Winfocus registration

Ultrasound course by Winfocus

Panorama motorcycle ride / walking city tour

IMRUA meeting – review, renewal, elections

DINNER

23.4.2026

Day 2

REGISTRATION 

Wellcome speech

Guests

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)

An introductions to the Bloodbikes idea 
Peter Davis (Australia)

Panel session (Q&A)
Pryhodko, Noonan, Harrison, Davis, Brvar, Hornsby

COFFE BREAK

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)

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)

IMRUA paramedic exchange program

Luca Granduč (Slovenia)

A look in the future
Žan Čander (Slovenia)

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

24.4.2026

Day 3

WORKSHOPS

Pediatric life support

Ultrasound (FAST)

Haemmorhage control

Cricothyrotomy – emergency airway management

Immobilization

HEMASHOCK – auto-transfusion tourniquet

CPR WITH AED

MOTORCYCLE CITY PARADE & PHOTOSHOOTING

25.4.2026