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R e g i o n X I V : L ati n A m e ri c a
P a r a g u a y a n d U r u g u a y Tr a i n i n g
The last time that a South American country promulgated ATLS was nearly a decade ago.
In an effort to help introduce the program to Paraguay and Uruguay,
faculty members of ATLSBrazil led a Student and Instructor training
course in Sao Paulo from March 18 to March 21, 2010.
Renato Poggetti, MD, FACS (Region XIV Chief), supervised the training, while Newton
Djin Mori, MD, FACS (ATLSBrazil Vice-Chair), directed the course. Claus Stobaus,
MD, traveled from his hometown in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to serve as the course Educator.
Pictured from left to right: Marcos Antonio
Lopes; Jasmine Alkhatib; Renato Poggetti, MD, Brazil now organizes double the number of courses than all other South American
FACS; Raimunda Fontel; and Claus Stobaus, MD. countries combined. While courses in Brazil are typically conducted in Brazilian-
Portuguese, Spanish was spoken throughout the training course by Brazilian faculty
members. Additionally, Gustavo Tisminetzky, MD, FACS (ATLSArgentina Chair),
participated as a faculty member during the Student course, along with Esteban
Foianini, MD, FACS (ATLSBolivia Vice-Chair). It is an honor to be part of the
ATLS family and to have contributed to the initiative that our friends in Paraguay
and Uruguay have undertaken, said Dr. Tisminetzky. Jasmine Alkhatib, ATLS
International Coordinator, also attended the training, worked with Paraguayan
and Uruguayan coordinator candidates, and led a meeting with Dr. Poggetti for
future ATLS Chairs of Uruguay and ParaguayJulio Trostchansky, MD, and
Claus Stobaus, MD, offers his students teaching Hugo Gomez, MDto discuss expectations for their inaugural courses.
tips during the ATLS Instructor course.
A total of 13 physicians from Paraguay and Uruguay participated in the
Student course, all of whom were deemed eligible to take the Instructor
course. However, due to time constraints, only 12 students were selected
to participate and are now considered instructor candidates.
After the course, Dr. Mori thanked faculty members for their work and wrote,
Now that we have set up the nuclei for Uruguay and Paraguay, we will have a bit
more work to do in Latin America. Its great to see the ATLS family growing.
Both countries expect to conduct their inaugural courses in September 2010.
Esteban Foianini, MD, FACS (right), discusses 3. Exams in Spanish. All 8th Edition course exams in Spanish are now available.
X-ray slides with a few course participants.
History was created by the coming together of ATLS and ATCN to India on
March 11, 2010, whenfirst-time doctors and nurses in India decided to team
up for the improvement of trauma care during the Golden Hour. Our heartfelt
thanks to international ATCN faculty for helping India in this endeavor.
Prof. Mahesh C. Misra
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R e g i o n X V I : A u stralasia
Region Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia
ATLS representatives from
eight countries attended the
Region XVI meeting hosted
at the Borobudur Hotel in
Jakarta, Indonesia, on March
28, 2010. Karen Brasel, MD,
FACS, ATLS Subcommittee
Chair, discussed matters
concerning promulgation,
course management, 8th
Edition exams, and the
revisions process for the 9th
Edition. Michael Hollands,
MD, FACS, Region XVI Chief,
challenged the group to play
a larger role in revising the
latest materials and assigned Karen Brasel, MD, FACS, (second to left) and Michael J. Hollands, MD, FACS (far right),
moulage and triage scenarios pose for a picture with representatives of Region XVI.
for review to interested parties.
Several meeting attendees expressed
the need for prehospital training,
which was followed by an overview of
the PHTLS (Prehospital Trauma Life
Support) program. Per Will Chapleau
(ATLS Manager and PHTLS Chair),
who also attended the meeting,
PHTLS is currently available in
44 countries, including Hong
Kong and the Philippines. There
are plans to introduce the program ATLS coordinators race to finish the moulage competition.
to India this coming summer.
During the meeting, the candidate
selected to represent Region XVI About Our
in the upcoming Resident Paper O r g a n i z a t i o n .
Competition was announced.
Also, ATLS faculty members The American College of Surgeons (ACS)
from Indonesia, Hong Kong, was founded in 1913 to raise the standards
of surgical practice and to improve the
Thailand, Singapore, Australia,
care of the surgical patient. The College
Malaysia, and Taiwan presented
has worked to establish guidelines for
country reports to the group. the care of the trauma patient. The
The next Region XVI meeting in Asia Advanced Trauma Life Support Course
will be hosted in Thailand in 2011. teaches a systematic, concise approach
to the early care of the trauma patient.
This course is vital to guiding care
for the injured patient in emergency
department trauma rooms. The course
From left to right: Suryadi Soedarmo, MD training provides a common language
(ATLSIndonesia National Coordinator), that can save lives in critical situations.
and Will Chapleau, ATLS Manager.