VITA Award Recipients 2025

 

International Federation for Emergency Medicine Visionary Industry Technology Award ICEM 2025 Montreal, Canada

 

During ICEM 2025 in Montreal, the VITA Ceremony recognized pioneering technological innovations redefining the future of emergency medicine. The Visionary Industry Technology Award (VITA) celebrates solutions that leverage cutting-edge technology to transform patient care, enhance clinical decision-making, and improve healthcare outcomes worldwide.

 

2025 VITA Winner

 

 

Alexander Chan, PhD  ·  Robert Tiller  ·  Christian Wight, PhD  ·  Scott Kirkland  ·  E/Prof Stuart Crozier

 

Project: EMVision First Responder Brain Scanner

The EMVision First Responder Brain Scanner is a backpack-sized, point-of-care neurodiagnostic device designed to revolutionize the pre-hospital evaluation of suspected stroke. Built with advanced electromagnetic imaging techniques and AI-powered analytics, this portable scanner enables rapid and accurate brain assessments directly at the scene of a medical emergency.

This innovation answers two critical questions at the point of care:

  • Is there a stroke?

  • If yes, is it ischemic or hemorrhagic?

By providing these insights within minutes, the technology transforms telestroke models of care, enabling faster triage, transfer decisions, and potentially even in-field treatment initiation.

 

Transforming Emergency Stroke Care

Stroke is a time-critical emergency where every minute matters. The EMVision First Responder Brain Scanner allows clinicians to:

  • Detect and classify strokes in under 10 minutes.

  • Improve triage decision-making and accelerate patient flow.

  • Support code stroke responses with faster, objective insights.

  • Enable early diagnosis and intervention even in pre-hospital and low-resource settings.

This innovation has already been successfully tested in rural Australia, addressing the challenge of distance where access to advanced imaging can take hours — often too late for effective treatment.

 

Global and LMIC Impact

With its lightweight, portable, and cost-effective design, the EMVision scanner has the potential to transform stroke care globally:

  • Ideal for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) lacking advanced imaging infrastructure.

  • Eliminates the need for costly equipment and highly specialised training.

  • Brings advanced neurodiagnostics directly to the patient, narrowing disparities in timely stroke treatment worldwide.