A national trauma capacity assessment of Haiti.

Background: Trauma systems in high-income countries have been shown to reduce trauma-related morbidity and mortality; however, these systems are infrequently implemented in low- and middle-income countries. Haiti currently lacks a well-resourced and structured trauma system and in turn loses an estimated 800,000 y of healthy life to injuries annually. In the present study, we perform a nationwide trauma capacity assessment, and using the World Health Organization's Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care as a framework, we attempt to identify achievable steps that can be taken toward improving trauma care in Haiti.

Trauma capacity in the central plateau department of Haiti.

Background: Surgical burden is a large and neglected global health problem in low- and middle-income countries. With the increasing trauma burden, the goal of this study was to evaluate the trauma capacity of hospitals in the central plateau of Haiti.

Materials And Methods: The World Health Organization Emergency and Essential Surgical Care survey was adapted with a focus on trauma capacity.

Scaling up short-term humanitarian surgery: a global surgery elective for senior medical students.

Objectives: The proportion of US medical students participating in global health has increased by 24%. These experiences are generally self-directed and lack a formal educational component. This article describes a structured, comprehensive, community-driven global surgery elective for senior-year students.