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ATLS in Chile 

Remains Strong

ATLS–France Holds 

Inaugural Course

France Is Now Part 

of the ATLS Family!

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Inaugural Course

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INTERNATIONAL

August 2010

The most recent newborn of the ATLS–Europe family 

arrived in July at the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon.

The newborn is a healthy and robust infant and has all 

the characteristics of a strong and long-lived Gaulois.

Born among its European brothers and sisters, “le petit 

Gaulois” had in attendance its stepfather from across 

the ocean, “le Canadien anglophile,” John kortbeek. 

“Le Baptême” soon followed, with the christening 

of eight new instructors who will be joining 

the growing ATLS international family.

All the best wishes and congratulations to “les papas et la 

mama”: Eric Voiglio, Frèderic Lodier, and Pascale Lavielle.

For a long time, France was considered the final 

objective for the diffusion and implementation of 

ATLS around the world. It had its own emergency 

procedures and school of thought, backed by the authority of a strong 

and respected medical community, which at times were totally opposite 

to what the rest of the world practiced. Therefore, it is a significant 

scientific achievement for ATLS to start in France. True, ATLS must 

still win over a large number of French doctors and a whole medical 

school of thought, but the scientific proof is here to back it up.

The future objectives now are called: China and Russia.

Once again, CONGRATULATIONS, FRANCE!

Pedro Moniz Pereira, MD, FACS 

ATLS–Europe Chair

France Is Now Part of the AtLs Family!

P I C t u R e d   F R o m   L e F t   t o   R I g H t:

 dr. John Kortbeek, dr. Pedro 

Pereira, and dr. eric Voiglio. dr. Pereira presents a plaque to dr. 

Voiglio in recognition of the French AtLs inaugural course.