World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

Since the WCA in 2008, PTC has continued to be busy with new courses, and consolidating existing trauma programmes. Before mentioning activity per region very briefly , I thought I would raise 2 points which  may be of interest.

As we have grown over the last 14 years, we have needed to expand our administrative base, and our interactions with other specialities involved in Trauma Care. This has necessitated the review of where we sit within WFSA, as we endeavour to empower anaesthetists, and encourage team work with trauma surgeons, A+E's etc. We look forward to continuing working within the WFSA structure, and I am hugely grateful for the support of the Educational Chairpersons over the years.

Our other emphasis has been the expansion in new countries. We continue to expand , with PTC courses in Myanmar, Ethiopia , Tanzania and Gaza, but I am very keen that we learn to consolidate PTC activity regionally.

One of the exciting growth areas has been our website  http://www.primarytraumacare.org/

South Pacific

We continue to expand in the Pacific, and am hugely grateful to Wayne Morriss for organising the March 2009 Lautoka PTC Instructor programme in Fiji, with ongoing courses in Solomons, PNG and Fiji.

Asia

Mongolia is organising another PTC courses later this year. China negotiations continue, now into there 7 th year - many ups and downs, the ups being an agreement for funding with the Kadoorie Foundation, and  we are soon to sign a second MOU with the MOH in Beijing.

We had a very successful 2^nd Regional South Asian PTC conference in December 2008,  hosted by the PTC Sri Lankan team. PTC representative for Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Africa were there.

A new country course in Myanmatr was run in April 2009.

Africa

David Oloruntoba continues to strive to PTC in Africa, with new courses in Tanzania and Ethiopia in 2009. With WFSA support we are hoping to enable him to run a regional office, as he continues to work in South Africa.

South America

Oscar Gonzales  has presided over expansion of PTC in South America, with ongoing courses in over 5 countries in that area. A MOU signed between PTC and the Paraguay MOH has consolidated PTC's role there. Aagie De Wet is planning a Caribbean PTC meeting in April 2010.

Summary

As we have expanded, we have been fortunate to be able to work with other organisations involved in trauma. Under James DeCourcy and Paul Bordorff, PTC have sent a team to train up the Office in MSF Belgium, and Sir Terence English has just returned from a preliminary PTC visit to Gaza, where we are planning to work with MAP to run courses there later this year.

I have kept this 2009 report short, as it comes soon after our 2008 major review .

The PTC website produces regular newsletters, with the reports of many of these activities, and I would encourage you to read them.

Best wishes

Yours sincerely

Douglas Wilkinson

Chairman WFSA Working Committee on PTC