Guidelines for essential trauma care: from recommendation to implementation across all countries of varied income levels
Timothy C Hardcastle, Charles Mock, Christine Gaarder · 2026
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Timothy C Hardcastle, Charles Mock, and Christine Gaarder comment on updated WHO guidelines for essential trauma care in a 2026 article. The new guidance updates a 2004 document that shaped trauma systems in many countries.
The guidelines sort needs into structure, supplies, and process, with tables that fit recommendations to facility level. Items are marked core or extended, so poorer regions can pick the steps with the biggest payoff first. The commentary reads the document beside prehospital and quality guidance and stresses integration with other WHO policy. The hard part now is turning paper standards into staffed, stocked services everywhere.
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| CREATOR | Timothy C Hardcastle, Charles Mock, Christine Gaarder |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3402 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |