Trauma Care

India is the seventh-largest country in the world and is home to nearly 1.3 billion people. With 28 states and 8 union territories spread over a vast geographic area with varying economic resources and infrastructure, it is the world’s most populous democracy. India is still a developing country, and due to rapid economic growth and urbanization, it faces the ills of both an under-developed as well as a developed economy. Every day, the country faces dual challenges posed by emergencies in health, related to infections and communicable diseases and those related to chronic diseases and trauma. There is no empirical data available on the number of lives or disabilityadjusted life-years (DALYs) saved through emergency medical care. Nevertheless, it is clear that many of the conditions that contribute to the burden of disease in low-income and middle-income countries can be mitigated through prompt treatment. According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates for the country, 62% of deaths in 2016 were due to non-communicable diseases, 11% to injuries and the remaining 27% due to other diseases (communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions).