This is the vision behind the agreement between VDA Trailers and EMSy, which will bring advanced digital tools and AI into the medical management of the Gran Trail Courmayeur, scheduled for 10-12 July 2026, and TORX® with Kailas, from 11 to 20 September 2026.

This is not a revolution that erases what came before. It is an evolution starting from a system that is already solid, tested and recognized as an international standard in race safety and medical assistance management. For its races, VDA Trailers deploys an impressive safety and medical assistance system made up of teams of doctors, mountain guides, specialized nurses and mountain rescue personnel, positioned along the entire route. These teams operate according to a Medical Plan filed with and approved by the AUSL of the Aosta Valley and are coordinated from an operations base: this allows doctors to intervene promptly, with the most appropriate means, across the whole area, ensuring maximum safety for athletes and rapid response when needed.

The arrival of EMSy does not replace this system: it strengthens it. The EMSy Events platform introduces digital management of medical interventions, from the medical record completed in the field to the operations center, from personnel management to final reporting, providing a more immediate, coordinated and complete view of what is happening along the route. Consisting of a mobile app for personnel on the course and a web-based operations center, it makes it possible to coordinate the entire medical response during a race in real time. The platform is designed specifically for the real operating conditions of mountain running events: it works with reduced connectivity, can be used with gloves, with the screen in the rain or direct sunlight, and does not require advanced technical training.

Through EMSy Events, every intervention can be recorded in a structured way: type of event, GPS location, vital signs, treatments performed, drugs administered, weather conditions and severity level. The data, saved offline and synchronized as soon as a connection becomes available, will be immediately accessible to the operations center, which will be able to monitor open cases, critical situations, medical stations and personnel on duty.

Artificial intelligence thus enters trail running not as a spectacular feature, but as a concrete tool supporting decision-making, timeliness and quality of care. In a context where every minute, every piece of information and every coordination step can make a difference, technology becomes an ally of medical staff, Race Direction and the entire organizational machine.