A Done Delivery Network for Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Management in the Caribbean: A Commentary
Ashley Williams, Myron Rolle
Keywords :
Advanced trauma life support care, Brain concussion, Brain trauma, Brain trauma injury, Medical education, Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Pediatric trauma, Prehospital care, Trauma nursing
Citation Information :
Williams A, Rolle M. A Done Delivery Network for Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Management in the Caribbean: A Commentary. Panam J Trauma Crit Care Emerg Surg 2021; 10 (3):145-146.
Medical products transportation has become an important research topic requiring multidisciplinary collaboration among experts in surgery, public health, and health economics. Drones can be a promising tool to increase access to stabilizing neurotrauma care following a pediatric traumatic brain injury in the Caribbean. This commentary describes how the use of drones and neurotrauma education can increase health outcomes of neurosurgical emergencies on remote islands of low-and middle-income nations in the developing world.
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