Abstract
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the greatest calamities in the medical world, causing high mortality and serious aftereffects. The method of the trauma, type of transportation, time taken to reach hospital, and the resource level of the place of treatment chiefly determine SCI outcome. Limited resources and access to health care are challenges for SCI patients in rural India. Socioeconomic transformation has led to lifestyle changes for India’s rural population, for instance an improvement in road infrastructure has increased vehicular accidents. Of 2 million hospitalizations and 7.7 million minor injuries, 6% of patients will have an SCI
Highlights
Of 2 million hospitalizations and 7.7 million minor injuries, 6% of patients will have an SCI1
The real incidence of Spinal cord injury (SCI) varies between 15 and 40 per million inhabitants each year in developed countries, and approximately 20% die before arrival at hospital[2]
Clinical and radiological features of SCI were analyzed for all 212 patients treated between 2006 and 2010 at Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, India, a tertiary hospital in a rural setting
Summary
Submitted: 17 March 2011; Published: 17 May 2011 Singh PK, Shrivastva S, Dulani R Pre-hospital care of spinal cord injury in a rural Indian setting Rural and Remote Health 11: 1760. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the greatest calamities in the medical world, causing high mortality and serious aftereffects. The method of the trauma, type of transportation, time taken to reach hospital, and the resource level of the place of treatment determine SCI outcome.
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