Management of severe trauma worldwide: implementation of trauma systems in emerging countries: China, Russia and South Africa.

ABSTRACT: As emerging countries, China, Russia, and South Africa are establishing and/or improving their trauma systems. China has recently established a trauma system named "the Chinese Regional Trauma Care System" and covered over 200 million populations. It includes paramedic-staffed pre-hospital care, in-hospital care in certified trauma centers, trauma registry, quality assurance, continuous improvement and ongoing coverage of the entire Chinese territory. The Russian trauma system was formed in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Pre-hospital care is region-based, with a regional coordination center that determines which team will go to the scene and the nearest hospital where the victim should be transported. Physician-staffed ambulances are organized according to three levels of tr

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8352140 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature