Defining the bellwether procedures and processes for global trauma care: an international Delphi study
The Global Trauma Care Delphi study has produced nine metrics that provide pragmatic indicators for the overall assessment of trauma care capabilities at any healthcare setting worldwide. These bellwethers of global trauma care can enable hospitals, local managers and health ministries to identify institutions or regions that may require more in-depth assessment, allowing standards in the management of traumatic injuries to improve.
Authors
- Amila Ratnayake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-2667)
- Raj Kumar Menon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3923-2912)
- Joachim K. A. Amoako (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5734-3926)
- Jared M. Wohlgemut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-0465)
- Thomas Weiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8296-2494)
- Carlos M. Nuño‐Guzmán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1179-745X)
- Timothy Craig Hardcastle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3967-0234)
- Laura Hobbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-653X)
- Thomas Edmiston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9071-0568)
- Daphne Kabatoro
- Sebastián E Vélez
- Michael F. Bath
- Tom Bashford
- Rick Brennan
- Dinesh Bagaria
- Brandon G Smith
- Andrew Conway Morris
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Universidad de Guadalajara (MX)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Cambridge School (PT)
- Royal Alexandra Hospital (GB)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Hospital Civil de Guadalajara (MX)
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (GB)
- Servicio Diabetología Hospital Córdoba (AR)
- National University Hospital (SG)
- International Hospital Kampala (UG)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020909
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland