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Published on: January 20, 2023
"Trauma-the forgotten pandemic?"
Nigel D Rossiter1,2,3,4,5,6
1Primary Trauma Care Foundation, PO Box 880, Oxford, OX1 9PG, UK. chair@primarytraumacare.org.
Abstract:
Global annual deaths from Trauma are greater than any other single cause in the global working population, and, more than all contagious diseases added together including COVID-19. The number of people injured, either temporarily or permanently, is greater than any other medical condition. This problem affects Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) disproportionately. The numbers are so great as to cause "zone out" and present a human rights issue. This is a particular issue as Trauma presently receives less than 1% of global healthcare funding. This article will highlight and discuss many of the issues and raise some uncomfortable arguments showing that improvement is needed, necessary and achievable.
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