Atls® International Meeting Minutes October 22-23, 2011 ⦁ San Francisco, ca saturday, October 22, 2011 Welcome – Dr. John Kortbeek Tribute to Dr. Brent Krantz – Dr. Brent Eastman

WHO Trauma Recognition in Qatar – Dr. Ahmad Zarour

1. 
   Background
   
   1. 
      Trauma major cause of death and disability
      
   2. 
      According to IRF Qatar has one of higher road traffic deaths in world at 19 deaths per 100,00 population
      
   3. 
      Falls closely below second most common cause of death
      
2. 
   Is there a problem with trauma at HGH
   
   1. 
      Prior to Nov 2007 manage of traumatize patients was inconsistent.
      
   2. 
      Clinical assess & arrangement was in conflict without leader
      
   3. 
      No contemporary trauma registry
      
   4. 
      Trauma system concept was nonexistent
      
3. 
   The initiative
   
   1. 
      Started 1/11/2007
      
   2. 
      Four teams, 5-nhospital trauma surgeons
      
4. 
   Trauma Leadership
   
5. 
   Trauma team--Composition of the trauma team (including response and support members)
   
6. 
   Prehospital
   
   1. 
      Established 5-7 years before trauma service
      
   2. 
      Travel time of 20 minutes; 200 ambulances
      
7. 
   Patient Flow
   
   1. 
      EMS & Private to Trauma Room
      
      1. 
         Determine from there where to transport patients
         
8. 
   Number of cases 2008-2010
   
9. 
   Registry
   
10. 
    Statistics
    
11. 
    What do we do?
    
    1. 
       Case examples of injuries
       
       1. 
          Most cases are blunt trauma
          
12. 
    Trauma ICU
    
13. 
    Annual report 2011
    
14. 
    Injury prevention
    
    1. 
       MVC
       
    2. 
       Pedestrian
       
    3. 
       ATV
       
    4. 
       FOHO
       
    5. 
       FFH
       
    6. 
       Child safety
       
    7. 
       Alcohol related injuries prevention program
       
15. 
    Trauma PIPS
    
    1. 
       TPIC
       
    2. 
       TSIC
       
16. 
    Rehabilitation
    
17. 
    Fellowship and Education
    
18. 
    International fellowships—not an easy journey
    
19. 
    Fellows of 2010 with the current leadership of trauma surgery section
    
20. 
    Resident & Fellows Graduation Day
    
21. 
    Research & publications—striving to be more active
    
    1. 
       Receiving funding for support and stimulating members to write more and do more research
       
22. 
    Hamad International Training Center—where most of the training take place
    
23. 
    Numbers of docs in Qatar
    
    1. 
       Total 2500
       
24. 
    ATLS Course under Saudi Chapter teaching
    
25. 
    ATOM
    
    1. 
       15 courses
       
    2. 
       50 Candidates trained so far
       
    3. 
       First course in Nov 2007
       
26. 
    TOPIC course – May 2011
    
27. 
    Challenges
    
    1. 
       Increasing population
       
    2. 
       Implementation of prevention programs
       
    3. 
       Verification by ACS
       
28. 
    WHO recognition 2010
    
29. 
    Stars of Excellence Award