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040			_aMUL _beng _cMUL _eAACR
082			_a3623.18 WOR
110			_aInternational Society of Surgery
245			_aGuidelines for essential trauma care
260			_aGeneva : _bWorld Health Organization, _c c2004.
300			_a x, 93 p. : _bill.; _c24 cm.
520			_aInjury has become a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Organized approaches to its prevention and treatment are needed. These guidelines seek to set achievable standards for trauma treatment services which could realistically be made available to almost every injured person in the world. They then seek to define the resources that would be necessary to assure such care. The authors have developed a series of resource tables for essential trauma care that detail the human and physical resources that should be in place to assure optimal care of the injured patient at the range of health facilities throughout the world, from rural health posts, to small hospitals, to hospitals staffed by specialists, to tertiary care centres. They also take into account the varying resource availability across the spectrum of low- and middle-income countries. Finally, a series of recommendations is made on methods to promote such standards including training, performance improvement, trauma team organization and hospital inspection
650			_aEmergency Medical Services organization & administration
650			_aEmergency Treatment instrumentation
650			_aEmergency Medical Services standards
650			_aEmergency Treatment standards
650			_aTrauma Centers
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999			_c4073 _d4073