Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the sixth leading cause of deaths in India and about 400 deaths take place every day due to road traffic accidents. The present paper analyses the data of the India’s National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) to assess the burden of RTI. In addition, it reports the health systems research initiated by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). As per NCRB data, in...

BACKGROUND Combat injury patterns differ from civilian trauma in that the former are largely explosion-related, comprising multiple mechanistic and fragment injuries and high-kinetic-energy bullets. Further, unlike civilians, U.S. armed forces combatants are usually heavily protected with helmets and Kevlar body armor with ceramic plate inserts. Searchable databases providing actionable, statis...

Background and Aim: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is one of the most traumatic events threatening patients’ well-being and places a financial burden on health care system. The first step in determination of the exact impact of SCI is to estimate the pattern of traumatic injuries in a population and also the type of frequently occurred co-injuries. Hence, this study was conducted to assess ...

BACKGROUND Studies of severely injured patients suggest that advanced pre-hospital care and/or rapid transportation provides a survival benefit. This benefit depends on the disposition of resources to patients with the greatest need. Norway has 19 Emergency Helicopters (HEMS) staffed by anaesthesiologists on duty 24/7/365. National regulations describe indications for their use, and the use of ...

IntroductionGeriatric patients have a high risk of poor outcomes after trauma and is rapid-increasing group within the population. Given need to ensure that system targeted, efficient, accessible, safe responsive all age groups aim present study was explore epidemiology characteristics Norwegian geriatric population assess differences between national system.Materials methodsThis retrospective ...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that women with traumatic brain injury have more favorable outcomes than do men because of higher levels of circulating estrogen and progesterone that may reduce brain edema. OBJECTIVES To determine whether there is any association between sex and mortality in TBI patients and whether there is any association between sex and brain edema. DESIGN Retrospective...

BACKGROUND Uncontrolled haemorrhage is still responsible for more than 50% of all trauma-related deaths within the first 48 h after hospital admission. Clinical observations together with recent research resulted in a new appreciation of the central role of coagulopathy in acute trauma care. A synopsis of different analyses based on datasets from severely multiple-injured patients derived from ...

BACKGROUND Uncontrolled hemorrhage is responsible for over 50% of all trauma-related deaths within the first 48 hours after admission. Clinical observations together with recent research resulted in an appreciation of the central role of coagulopathy in acute trauma care. A synopsis is presented of different retrospective analyses based upon datasets from severe multiply injured patients derive...