title: Guidelines for essential trauma care: progress in India.
abstract: The planning and development of trauma care systems in India has yet to gain attention and priority from the government, even though trauma is a major public health problem. Several efforts are under way to improve the delivery of trauma care for the injured. Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care has proved to be an ideal tool with which to begin the process of development for building a national system for the care of the injured in one of the most populous countries in the world, and one with a high burden of trauma deaths and disability. This article focuses on the impact of the Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care in efforts for improvement of the system in India.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Traumatology (India), A/35, Someshavara II, Satellite Road, Ahmedabad 380 015, India. Joshipura@indiatrauma.org
authors.forename: Manjul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joshipura
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014194:Traumatology / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*