Data for: Access to resources to treat major trauma in low- and middle-income settings: a self-reported survey of acute care providers

Injury and violence is a neglected global health problem, despite being largely predictable and therefore preventable. This study aimed to indirectly describe and compare the availability of resources to manage major trauma between high-income, and low- to middle-income countries, as self-reported by delegates at the 2016 International Conference on Emergency Medicine held in Cape Town, South Africa.

A survey was distributed to delegates at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine 2016, Cape Town to achieve the study aim. The survey instrument was based on the 2016 NICE guidelines for the management of patients with major trauma. It captured responses from participants working in both pre- and in-hospital settings. Responses were grouped according to income group (either high-income or low- to middle-income) based on the responding delegate’s nationality (using the World Bank definition for income group). A Fisher’s Exact test was conducted to compare delegate responses.

伤害与暴力是一个长期被忽视的全球健康问题，尽管此类事件在很大程度上可预测，因此也具备可预防性。本研究旨在通过南非开普敦举办的2016年国际急诊医学大会参会代表的自述反馈，间接描述并对比高收入国家与中低收入国家之间用于重度创伤救治的资源配备情况。

为实现该研究目标，研究团队向2016年开普敦国际急诊医学大会的参会代表发放了调研问卷。该调研工具以2016年英国国家卫生与临床优化研究所（National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE）发布的重度创伤患者管理指南为依据，收集了同时从事院前与院内急诊工作的参与者的应答数据。根据参会代表的国籍（采用世界银行收入分组标准），将应答结果划分为高收入国家、中低收入国家两大组别。随后采用费希尔精确检验（Fisher’s Exact test）对两组参会代表的应答结果进行对比分析。