Current trauma care system and trauma care training in China.
10.1016/j.cjtee.2017.07.005
- Author:
Lian-Yang ZHANG
1
;
Xiu-Zhu ZHANG
2
;
Xiang-Jun BAI
3
;
Mao ZHANG
4
;
Xiao-Gang ZHAO
4
;
Yong-An XU
4
;
Hao TAN
2
;
Yang LI
2
Author Information
1. Trauma Center, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Amry Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China. Electronic address: dpzhangly@163.com.
2. Trauma Center, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Amry Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
3. Department of Traumatic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
4. Department of Emergency Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310009, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
China;
Trauma care system;
Trauma care training
- MeSH:
China;
Emergency Medical Services;
Humans;
Life Support Care;
Traumatology;
education;
Wounds and Injuries;
therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
2018;21(2):73-76
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Trauma is a life-threatening "modern disease". The outcomes could only be optimized by cost-efficient and prompt trauma care, which embarks on the improvement of essential capacities and conceptual revolution in addition to the disruptive innovation of the trauma care system. According to experiences from the developed countries, systematic trauma care training is the cornerstone of the generalization and the improvement on the trauma care, such as the Advance Trauma Life Support (ATLS). Currently, the pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) has been one of the essential elements of infrastructure of health services in China, which is also fundamental to the trauma care system. Hereby, the China Trauma Care Training (CTCT) with independent intellectual property rights has been initiated and launched by the Chinese Trauma Surgeon Association to extend the up-to-date concepts and techniques in the field of trauma care as well to reinforce the generally well-accepted standardized protocols in the practices. This article reviews the current status of the trauma care system as well as the trauma care training.
