What is World Trauma Day?

Every year on October 17th, World Trauma Day takes place. The day focuses on the importance of saving and protecting lives in times of disasters. It's also a day to provide information on how to prevent traumatic injuries and deaths.

What is trauma?

In the medical field, injury is classified as a physical condition. These physical injuries are the result of traumatic events. These include domestic violence, natural disasters, and serious automobile accidents. Traumatic injuries are not uncommonly traumatic. They also need urgent medical attention. It's not unusual for those who suffer a traumatic injury to go into shock. Some may even need resuscitation or surgical intervention to save the limbs. Following a traumatic injury, many people suffer a disability. For those people, their traumatic injury is lethal.