Latin America trauma systems-Mexico and Brazil.
accident prevention
developing countries
emergency care
public health
traffic accidents
trauma
Journal
OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma
ISSN: 2574-2167
Titre abrégé: OTA Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101770383
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
21
07
2018
accepted:
26
10
2018
medline:
7
9
2023
pubmed:
7
9
2023
entrez:
7
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In this brief review, the authors describe the main characteristics of trauma systems in Latin America's 2 most populous countries, Mexico and Brazil. Trauma is a common health problem and the major cause of death in the young populations in both countries. Mexico and Brazil have well-organized systems based on system designation and prehospital triage. The highest level trauma hospitals are only available in the biggest cities, with residents of the smaller cities having less access to quality care. Both countries can provide adequate musculoskeletal trauma and polytrauma care, but the systems are not universally equal and, therefore, not ideal. The lack of consistency and standardization of the systems across each country must be addressed to improve patient outcomes across each country.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37675257
doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000020
pii: OTAI-D-18-00039
pmc: PMC10479340
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e020Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no funding and no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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