European Trauma Course Organisation (ETCO)

ETC is a joint initiative of following societies:

• European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
• European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES)
• European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM)
• European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA)

In 2013 the four ETC partner societies (ERC, ESTES, EuSEM and ESA) have formalised their cooperation and founded the ETCO.

The ETCO is a non-profit organisation registered in Belgium and located within the ERC Office.

The main goal of the ETCO joint venture is facilitating the management, development and the international implementation of the ETC programme.

The ETCO consists of the:

• Board
• Course Management Committee (CMC).

Board:

The Board is formed by delegates of the corresponding organisations (ERC, ESTES, EuSEM and ESA) with high experience in the field of trauma management.

Board Members:
Chair: Karl-Christian Thies, MD, FRCA, FERC, DEAA (ESA)
Consultant in Anaesthesiology and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Major Trauma Centre
Birmingham, UK

Vice Chair: Charles D. Deakin, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCA, FERC, FFICM (ERC)
Honorary Professor of Resuscitation and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
University Hospital Southampton
Southampton, UK

Treasurer: Eric J. Voiglio, MD, FACS, FRCS (ESTES)
University Hospital of Lyon
Unité de Chirurgie d'Urgence
Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud
Pierre-Bénite Cedex, France

Secretary: Marc B. Sabbe, MD, PhD (EuSEM)
Professor of Emergency Medicine
KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Guttorm Brattebø, MD, FERC (ESA)
Consultant in Anaesthesiology
Medical Director Bergen EMS
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway

Freddy K. Lippert, MD (ERC)
Associate Professor
CEO of Emergency Medical Services of the Capital Region of Denmark
Copenhagen University                                                              

Paola Perfetti, MD
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
University Hospital of Verona
Verona, Italy

Pol M. Rommens, MD, PhD (ESTES)
Professor of Trauma Surgery and Director of Service
Department of Trauma Surgery
University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany

Pieter Jan Van Asbroek, MD (EuSEM)
Trainee in Emergency Medicine
KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Course Management Committee (CMC):

The CMC is an international and multi-specialty group of experts in the field of trauma and medical education. This group has developed, piloted and implemented the ETC in Europe, on behalf of the partner organisations. The main focus of CMC is overseeing the operational management of the ETC programme.

CMC Members:

CEO: Paola Perfetti, MD
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
University Hospital of Verona
Verona, Italy

International Course Coordinator: Monika Grünfeld, MD, FSSEM
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, GP
Assistant Professor University of Ljubljana
Prehospital Emergency Medical Unit and Helicopter Emergency Medical Unit
Community Health Centre
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Markus Brucke, MD, PhD
Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
SSK Kliniken
Heilbronn, Germany

Peter Goode, DipFM, FRCS, FCEM
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
The Regional Trauma Centre
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Michael Hüpfl, MD
Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
University Hospital Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Sebastian Kuhn, MD
Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics
University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany

Carsten Lott, MD, FERC
Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany

Ileana Lulic, MD
Trainee in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Department of Anaesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Care Medicine
University Hospital Center Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia

Mahmoud Tageldin Mustafa Mohamed, MD, MB BS, MRCSI (Surgery), MRCSEd (A&E), EMDM
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
President of Sudan Resuscitation Council
Physician in charge, Zirku Medical Center, ZADCO
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al Mountain, FRCS, Lt. Colonel
Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham, UK

Stephan Mueller-Botz, MD
Consultant in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
University Hospital of Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany

Markus Roessler, MD, PhD
Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
University Hospital Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany

Birgit Rössner, MD
Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
Emmental Hospital
Burgdorf, Switzerland

Oliver Spelten, MD, PhD
Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Prehospital Emergency Medicine 
University Hospital Cologne
Cologne, Germany

Karl-Christian Thies, MD, FRCA, FERC, DEAA
Consultant in Anaesthesiology and Prehospital Emergency Medicine
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Major Trauma Centre
Birmingham, UK

Hany Zaki, MD
Lecturer of Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Faculty of Medicine
Ain Shams University Hospital
Cairo, Egypt