IMPORTANT: The above conference, scheduled for early July 2020, has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing effects on travel and other activities. ECSSA is still committed to hosting a conference, however we will re-assess the situation again in the last quarter of 2020 and plan accordingly.

The Emergency Care Society of South Africa NPC (ECSSA) is a professional society and non-profit company representing pre-hospital emergency care workers in South Africa. Although organised pre-hospital emergency care has been present in South Africa since the 1970s, there has never been a society dedicated solely to pursuing the wellbeing of patients in this environment, nor the professional interests of those caring for them. ECSSA aims to fulfil this role.

Officially launched in 2010, after initial formation and development in 2009, ECSSA has begun to move beyond this formative phase. The second Pre-hospital Emergency Care Conference was held in Johannesburg in September 2011, under the auspices of ECSSA. Additionally, the Society launced a quarterly publication (accessible from this site) called Sanguine in 2011. Future efforts for the consolidation of ECSSA include growing membership, developing regional activities, interfacing more effectively with other emergency care-related organisations and formulation of position statements in a variety of pre-hospital emergency care practices, among others.

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