'Consensus guideline' to be rolled out for trauma care

New Delhi: To improve trauma care and to chalk out the prevention of complication in trauma care in Delhi and NCR, a doctors' association 'Delhi Orthopaedic Association' (DOA) organised a conference on Sunday with an objective to bring out a 'consensus guideline' to upgrade the trauma care.

According to the orthopaedic doctors at MIDCON 2018, trauma, the most neglected disease in modern developing nations, claimed one live in India every two minutes.

The number of people killed in road accidents in India is second highest globally. Road accidents account for more than 44 per cent of all unnatural accidental deaths in India and 51 per cent of all those killed are between the age of 18 and 30 years. "All trauma is not road traffic injuries," doctors said.

Dr Lalit Maini, secretary of DOA, said that for the first time, Delhi Orthopedic Association has also brought in the social direction in the conference, by promoting the idea of 'No to Plastic'.

Hence, during this conference, the pens and delegate bags are eco-friendly and they promote the message of 'say no to plastic'.

During the conference, a questionnaire-based survey on hip fractures was conducted, which would be filled up by each surgeon attending the conference. The data coming out of this survey would be analysed and brought out as a consensus guideline white paper in the coming months.

According to Indian Society for Trauma and Acute Care (ISTAC), 22.8 per cent of all trauma is transport related injuries. A majority of 77.2 per cent is another trauma like - falls (paediatric age group), agriculturally related trauma, firearms, intentional self-harm, assault, fall of objects, burns, drowning, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks.

According to Professor Ramesh Kumar (President, DOA), the theme of the conference is "Prevention of complications in trauma care."