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

Middle East

1. 
   About the Region
   
   1. 
      Newly created region
      
   2. 
      Established in May 2011
      
   3. 
      Covering all the Middle East regions
      
   4. 
      1^st meeting held May 17^th during the ATLS 20^th anniversary in Saudi Arabia
      
   5. 
      1^st elect President (Region Chief): Saud Al Turki
      
   6. 
      1^st elect Secretary: Subash Gautam
      
   7. 
      Middle East central office – Trauma Programs office, KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
      
   8. 
      Current Members
      
      1. 
         Saudi Arabia – October 1991
         
      2. 
         UAE
         
      3. 
         Lebanon – November 2010
         
      4. 
         Syria – January 2011
         
      5. 
         Oman– April 2011
         
      6. 
         Egypt – June 2011
         
2. 
   ATLS Promulgation in Nigeria (June 2010) was initiated with the support of international faculty
   
3. 
   Promulgation
   
   1. 
      Inaugural courses
      
      1. 
         AUB, Beirut – November 201
         
      2. 
         Hama, Syria – January 2011
         
      3. 
         Cairo, Egypt – June 2011
         
      4. 
         Oman – April 2011
         
   2. 
      Site Visits
      
      1. 
         Iran – December 2010 (estimated promulgation December 2011)
         
   3. 
      Other Requests
      
      1. 
         Iraq
         
      2. 
         Sudan
         
      3. 
         Jordan
         
      4. 
         Libya
         
4. 
   Next ATLS M.E. Region Meeting will be held to coincide with the AMESCON 2012 Conference – Dubai, UAE - March 14-17, 2012
   

Europe

1. 
   ATLS Europe
   
   1. 
      Board
      
      1. 
         Inger Schipper (NL)
         
      2. 
         Raphael Bonvin (CH)
         
      3. 
         Ruth Dyson (UK)
         
      4. 
         Laura Bruna (IT)
         
   2. 
      Committees
      
      1. 
         Promulgation
         
         1. 
            Bob Winter (UK)
            
         2. 
            Roman Kosir (SL)
            
         3. 
            Giorgio Olivero (IT)
            
      2. 
         External Affairs
         
         1. 
            Olaf Roise (NW)
            
         2. 
            Endre Varga (HU)
            
         3. 
            Jose Maria (ES)
            
   3. 
      Region 15 Chief: Clause Falck Larsen
      
   4. 
      Members
      
      1. 
         17 countries
         
2. 
   Promulgation
   
   1. 
      New members since 2010
      
      1. 
         Slovenia – 2010 inaugural courses
         
      2. 
         France – July 2010 inaugural courses
         
      3. 
         Czech Republic – 2012 inaugural courses
         
      4. 
         Georgia – 2012 inaugural courses
         
   2. 
      Promulgation statuses
      
      1. 
         Bosnia – training courses pending
         
      2. 
         Croatia – application approved
         
      3. 
         Poland – application approved
         
      4. 
         Island
         
      5. 
         Finland
         
      6. 
         Romania
         
      7. 
         Ukraine – demonstration course
         
   3. 
      Other activities
      
      1. 
         Research on cost-effectiveness of different methods of promulgation in Europe
         
      2. 
         Information on EU funding possibilities for the promulgation process
         
3. 
   External Affairs
   
   1. 
      Recent events
      
      1. 
         Cooperation with ESTES (member of the board, educational committee, guest symposia)
         
      2. 
         Involvement with ETC
         
4. 
   ATLS Europe Meeting – May 20-21, 2011 in Madrid, Spain
   
   1. 
      Day 1
      
      1. 
         Updates on Europe, Region 15, ATLS International
         
      2. 
         Annual general assembly
         
      3. 
         Promulgation, ETC, role in terrorist attack, ATLS-ATCN
         
   2. 
      Day 2
      
      1. 
         Professional development for ATLS Instructors
         
      2. 
         Surgical skills DVD
         
      3. 
         Interregional grants for ATLS
         
      4. 
         Presentation of 2012 venue
         
5. 
   ATLS Europe Meeting 2012: April 27-28 in Berlin, Germany
   
6. 
   ATLS Europe Data
   
   1. 
      Number of 2010 courses held in each country
      
   2. 
      Other course information broken down by “Self-Reported” or “Reported to ACS”
      
7. 
   Other Activities
   
   1. 
      II Moscow International Congress of Trauma & Emergency Surgery on March 24-25, 2011