Traditionally, surgical diseases including emergency and injury care have garnered less
attention and support internationally when compared to other medical specialties. Over the …

Trauma is a global health problem with an unevenly distributed impact, the major brunt
borne by low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), where more than 90% of worldwide …

The World Health Organization estimates that the burden of surgical disease due to war, self-
inflicted injuries, and road traffic incidents will rise dramatically by 2020. During the 2009 …

Background Trauma-related injury causes higher mortality than a combination of prevalent
infectious diseases. Mortality secondary to trauma is higher in low-and middle-income …

In a seminal 1966 report, the National Research Council (NRC) declared1 (p5) that
unintentional injury is the “neglected epidemic of modern society [and] the nation's most …

Trauma has become a major health problem globally. While sometimes thought of as mainly
a problem of industrialized countries, the vast majority (90%) of trauma deaths occur in low …

Background Reducing the global burden of injury requires both injury prevention and
improved trauma care. We sought to provide an estimate of the number of lives that could be …

Background We sought to identify affordable and sustainable methods to strengthen trauma
care capabilities globally, especially in developing countries, using the Guidelines for …

Abstract The Essential Trauma Care (EsTC) Project represents an effort to set reasonable,
affordable, minimum standards for trauma services worldwide and to define the resources …

Background Surgical disease is inadequately addressed globally, and emergency
conditions requiring surgery contribute substantially to the global disease burden. Methods …