Objectives
The Resuscitation Science Symposium(ReSS) is an international forum for fundamental, translational, clinical and population scientists and care providers to discuss recent advances related to treating cardiopulmonary arrest and life-threatening traumatic injury.

With a growing understanding of the shared pathophysiology between cardiac arrest and traumatic injury at multiple levels of biological organization, ReSS can provide a unique opportunity for transdisciplinary interactions that rapidly translate advances in the resuscitation field from fundamental to translational to clinical to population science. 

ReSS Awards

Best Abstract Awards
Four people will receive the ReSS Best Abstract Award for top-scoring abstracts submitted to the Resuscitation Science Symposium.  Two awards will be presented for abstracts pertaining to cardiac resuscitation science and two awards will be presented pertaining to trauma resuscitation science.  To be eligible to receive one of these awards, attendees must submit an abstract to the Resuscitation Science Symposium pertaining to either cardiac or trauma resuscitation science and receive a top-score for that abstract.

Young Investigator Awards
Several Young Investigator Awards will be presented for top-scoring abstracts submitted to the Resuscitation Science Symposium.  Awards will be given for abstracts pertaining to cardiac and trauma resuscitation science.  To be eligible to receive one of these awards, young investigators (researchers/clinicians within the first five years of their appointment) must submit an abstract to the Resuscitation Science Symposium, receive a top-score for that abstract and be a member of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Target Audience
Appropriate audiences include emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, cardiologists, critical care nurses, intensivists, emergency medical providers, resuscitation educators and researchers with basic, bioengineering, clinical or other experience related to the treating cardiac arrest and trauma.

Call for Abstracts
Abstract presentations (oral and poster) are incorporated into the program.  
Submit your Science.

ReSS Abstract Submission Guidelines

Online submission opens: April 15, 2008
Deadline to submit: June 6, 2008

The online abstract submitter lists two options for submisson: (1) AHA Scientific Sessions and (2) Resuscitation Science Symposium(ReSS).  Submit abstracts to one or both of these meetings.  If an abstract is chosen for both Scientific Sessions and ReSS, the presenter must choose a meeting at which to present. The same abstract may not be presented at both meetings.

All ReSS attendees are encouraged to stay over for Scientific Sessions Nov. 8-12.

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Total Savings up to $405

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Lance Becker, M.D., FAHA
Director of the Center for Resuscitation Science
University of Pennsylvania

“The ReSS Symposium is becoming the world’s premier meeting for scientists and clinicians who want to stay on the cutting edge of resuscitation.”

Continuing Medical Education Accreditation
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide medical education for physicians.