"Trauma-the forgotten pandemic?"

Nigel D Rossiter

doi:10.1007/s00264-021-05213-z

"Trauma-the forgotten pandemic?"

Int Orthop. 2022 Jan;46(1):3-11. doi: 10.1007/s00264-021-05213-z. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

Author

Nigel D Rossiter^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Primary Trauma Care Foundation, PO Box 880, Oxford, OX1 9PG, UK. chair@primarytraumacare.org.
² The G4 Alliance, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. chair@primarytraumacare.org.
³ Hampshire Hospitals, Basingstoke, RG24 7AL, UK. chair@primarytraumacare.org.
⁴ The Hampshire Clinic, Old Basing, Basingstoke, RG24 7AL, UK. chair@primarytraumacare.org.
⁵ Orthopaedic Trauma Society, Orthopaedic Trauma education AO UK &Ireland, Ireland, UK. chair@primarytraumacare.org.
⁶ Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Rosemont, IL, USA. 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.

Keywords: Advocacy; Global; Improvement; LMIC; Trauma.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Developing Countries
Humans
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2