Road accidents on Indian National highways, ambulance reachability and transportation of injured to trauma facility: Survey-based introspection of golden hour

CONCLUSIONS: The results provide evidence that in either of the accident cases on the highways that are adjacent to/passing through the city limits or on the core highways, the total time for emergency care accessibility is nearly 60 minutes or greater; this implies that in the majority of cases, there is very meagre time left to provide emergency medical care to the needy and injured on the Indian highways to abide by the concept of golden hour. Plausible reforms backed by technology for enabling highways into 'emergency rescuable highways' are highly needed to guarantee a safer and more sustainable transportation system in India.PMID:38605810 | PMC:PMC11006034 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1832_23

Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Dandabathula Giribabu Koushik Ghosh Rohit Hari Ishani Chadha Sejal Rathore Gaurav Kumar Subham Roy Nitin Kumar Joshi Pankaj Bharadwaj Apurba K Bera Sushil K Srivastav Source Type: research