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Trauma Web Sites

Trauma web sites can be categorised broadly into three groups. The supersites, that act as a focus and starting point for trauma activity on the internet, sites by professional organisations, and sites from academic trauma units. You could start your browsing from any of the supersites, but if we had to pick one site, it'd be TRAUMA.ORG, because we're biased. Injury prevention servers are similarly structured, and as a starting point we'd recommend the Injury Prevention Network as the most comprehensive collection of injury control information available on the net.

Below are descriptions of the sites we feel will be the most useful for you to bookmark and return to regularly. For a full list of trauma sites, go to the web links page.

TRAUMA.ORG TRAUMA.ORG was one of the first trauma web sites on the internet and is currently the largest, most comprehensive and most accessed. TRAUMA.ORG is a not-for profit internet based 'entity'. It is not based at any one hospital, though it has ties with several, and its servers are based in London, England, though they could be anywhere.
As well as providing trauma-related information and educational materials, TRAUMA.ORG's main goal is to foster and develop an online global trauma community. The keystone of this effort is the Trauma-List mailing list, which is a multidisciplinary email-based discussion group currently running at over 600 members from 40 countries worldwide.
Also on the pages are listings of internet and terrestrial trauma resources, conference and course details, trauma moulage practice scenarios, a trauma search facility and a trauma information, radiology and image repository, the TraumaBank. TRAUMA.ORG also houses the online version of the European Trauma Care Course.

Liverpool Trauma The Liverpool Hospital Trauma Pages, based at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney, Australia, is another large site with a lot of educational content, with trauma multiple choice questions and 'sudden death' scenarios. There is also a good X-ray collection on offer.

AAST The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) has a newly revamped site which has had a lot of thought and care put into it. Still unfinished, it houses the AAST prevention page, and holds regular case presentations and discussions. The AAST has a major commitment to trauma on the internet, and many of the leading lights of the AAST have a significant web presence.

EAST The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) has also recently reorganised its web pages, which have some good educational content as well as providing a list of trauma and critical care fellowships in the United States. Especially well done are the guidelines for trauma management.

Injury Control Undoubtedly the most comprehensive injury prevention site on the internet, this large site links to most of the injury prevention related information on the internet. Formerly the Injury Control Resource and Information Network (ICRIN), if you want one place to start a search this is it.

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