title: Global health and emergency care: a resuscitation research agenda--part 1.
abstract: At the 2013 Academic Emergency Medicine global health consensus conference, a breakout session on a resuscitation research agenda was held. Two articles focusing on cardiac arrest and trauma resuscitation are the result of that discussion. This article describes the burden of disease and outcomes, issues in resuscitation research, and global trends in resuscitation research funding priorities. Globally, cardiovascular disease and trauma cause a high burden of disease that receives a disproportionately smaller research investment. International resuscitation research faces unique ethical challenges. It needs reliable baseline statistics regarding quality of care and outcomes; data linkages between providers; reliable and comparable national databases; and an effective, efficient, and sustainable resuscitation research infrastructure to advance the field. Research in resuscitation in low- and middle-income countries is needed to understand the epidemiology, infrastructure and systems context, level of training needed, and potential for cost-effective care to improve outcomes. Research is needed on low-cost models of population-based research, ways to disseminate information to the developing world, and finding the most cost-effective strategies to improve outcomes.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Tom P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Aufderheide
authors.forename: Jerry P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Ian G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Belle
authors.forename: Bentley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bobrow
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finn
authors.forename: Lance B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bottiger
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Saul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drajer
authors.forename: Julianna J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kloeck
authors.forename: Rudolph W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Koster
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huei-Ming Ma
authors.forename: Sang Do
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sopko
authors.forename: Breena R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Timerman
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eng Hock Ong
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D003906:Developing Countries; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D014943:Global Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012106:Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000639:trends; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000639:trends*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*