• World Neurosurg · Sep 2022

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    Reducing the neurotrauma burden in India- a national mobilization.

    • Vigneshwar Raj Veerappan, Babu Nagendra, Prashanth Thalluri, Vijaya Sekhara Manda, Raja Narsing Rao, and Jogi V Pattisapu.
    • Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom. Electronic address: hyvv2@hyms.ac.uk.
    • World Neurosurg. 2022 Sep 1; 165: 106113106-113.

    AbstractIndia has one of the highest TBI burdens due to road traffic accidents (RTAs), with 60% of head injuries being attributable to RTA and more than 150,000 lives being lost annually due to traumatic brain injury (TBI). These numbers have prompted institutions and organizations at international, national, and local levels to mobilize and address this burden through prevention, prehospital care, and in hospital care. Academic institutions such as Andhra Medical College have run local campaigns promoting the wearing of helmets when riding 2-wheelers. Prehospital care institutions such as Gunupati Venkata Krishna - Emergency Management and Research Institute have also made large strides nationally on delivering safe and timely care through novel and focused education to its emergency medical technicians, applying evidence-based practice to all facets of its work. These changes led to implementation of novel and innovative technological solutions for faster and more efficient responses. National institutions such as the Neurological Society of India (NSI) and Neurotrauma Society of India (NTSI) have been instrumental in promoting safety measures such as use of helmets and seatbelts through social media videos, often using celebrities to disseminate the message. NSI have also focused on sharing best practices for the management of TBI through easy-to-use platforms such as YouTube. Institutions such as American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, NSI, and NTSI have collaboratively developed TBI management guidelines that are specific to the Indian population (supported by American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons). Non-governmental organizations such as the Indian Head Injury Foundation and Save Life Foundation have contributed to this movement by promoting awareness through campaigns and public education. While TBI remains a large burden in India, a mobilization and coalesced efforts of such a scale holds promise for tackling this burden.Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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