Overview of seventy-year history of trauma care development since founding of People's republic of China / 中华创伤杂志

ABSTRACT

In the early days after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), trauma was only treated as a surgical disease, and the discipline construction was obviously lagging behind. The development of modern trauma medicine in China commenced after the reform and opening-up, with the gradual establishment of trauma department at some hospitals. The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake made traumatology highly valued. The Notice on Further Enhancing the Ability of Trauma Rescue issued by the National Health Commission in 2018 marked a historical period for the best opportunity of traumatology development. The author briefly describes the achievements made in trauma discipline (trauma center), academic platform, professional training, database construction and rescue ability in the past 70 years since the founding of People's Republic of China. Meanwhile, the author proposes to build a national trauma medical system, standardize and intellectualize trauma registration, and establish a national trauma database.