Academic Programs in Trauma Care

Synonyms

Burn and plastics trauma fellowship; Emergency and trauma care education programs; Masters degree in trauma sciences (M.Sc.); Orthopedic trauma fellowship; Trauma and critical care electives; Trauma anesthesia fellowship; Trauma care fellowship; Trauma, critical care, and acute care surgery fellowship; Trauma radiology fellowship; Trauma research fellowship; Trauma surgery and critical care fellowship; Trauma surgery fellowship

Definition

Trauma care refers to medical interventions occurring in a timely manner shortly after the injury causing body damage due to a physical impact (such as damage caused by a motor vehicle accident, explosion, or military combat). The World Health Organization and other international and national trauma groups provide guidelines for injury management. Academic programs related to trauma care, emergency medicine, critical care, and trauma surgery have adopted these treatment standards and seek to provide residency and fellowship training...