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Members of the Danish interdisciplinary working group
• Danish Society for Emergency Medicine – DASEM (chairman) • Danish Neurosurgical Society – DNKS • Danish Society for Spinal Surgery – DRKS • Danish Orthopaedic Society - DOS • Danish Orthopaedic Trauma Society – DOTS • Danish Society for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – DASAIM • Danish Society for Radiology - DRS • Danish Society for Ambulance- and Paramedicine – DSAP • ATLS® Denmark • PHTLS® Denmark • ITLS® Denmark • Greater Copenhagen Fire Department – HBR (ambulance services) • Falck A/S (ambulance services) • Responce A/S (ambulance services) • Ambulance Southern Denmark (ambulance services) • EMS Copenhagen • EMS Region North Denmark • EMS Region Central Denmark • EMS Region Southern Denmark
