[5] Steven Rottman's account of the 1973 meeting is slightly different in that he describes it as discussion between physicians concerned by "the disparity between the potentials of modern resuscitation and its unavailability for most everyday emergencies".
[5] To this end, Frey invited 10 "enthusiasts of acute medicine" to Geneva, Switzerland, in September 1976.
[10] According to Cambridge University Press, it is one of the leading scientific journals focused on prehospital, emergency, and disaster health.
[11] According to Eldis, it is concerned with "the practice of out-of-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical care, disaster medicine, and public health and safety".
[15] The purpose of the Congress is for "members and interested participants [to] present scientific reports on emergency and resuscitation research, individual responses to major disasters, and changes in systems of providing prehospital care.
"[8] Besides the World Congress and Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, WADEM has three other initiatives: a biannual newsletter, task forces, and Federated Society memberships.
The Federated Society memberships are available to other organizations that are involved in specific aspects of prehospital and disaster response.