01-23-2018 / 12h30-13h30 — “Challenges to save lives from sudden cardiac death with epidemiological approach”

January, 23rd 2018

Amphitheater ISPED - university of Bordeaux

Pr. Taku IWAWI
M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Kyoto University – Health service, Japan
Chair  for the research and registry working group of ILCOR (International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation)

After having worked in the hospital setting as a cardiologist, Professor Iwami created a prospective, population-based, nationwide registry of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Japan in collaboration with emergency medical services.
Many papers about resuscitation and emergency medicine were published from this large cohort. He also works on prevention of sudden cardiac death by giving classes on how to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how to use AED.

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