Implementation of a National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Implementation of a National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP)

AU - Bulger, Eileen M.

AU - Rasmussen, Todd E.

AU - Jurkovich, Gregory J.

AU - Fabian, Timothy C.

AU - Kozar, Rosemary A.

AU - Coimbra, Raul

AU - Costantini, Todd W.

AU - Ficke, James

AU - Malhotra, Ajai K.

AU - Price, Michelle A.

AU - Smith, Sharon L.

AU - Cioffi, William G.

AU - Stewart, Ronald M.

N1 - Funding Information: T he 2016 report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) entitled Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury is a call to action for the clinical and academic trauma communities and the country at large, which is negatively affected by lost lives and productivity stemming from the secondary effects of severe injury.1 This report highlights the importance of establishing a “learning trauma care system” built on the foundation of continuous innovation and generation of best practices, which can only be accomplished in conjunction with a sustained and coordinated federal research investment in all aspects of injury care. This report also highlights the significant lack of federal support for trauma research funding relative to the public health burden of this condition. Over the past 50 years, beginning with the seminal report by the National Research Council, Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society, there have been seven high-profile national reports that have highlighted this discrepancy, yet there has been little progress made to establish a national trauma research investment and strategy. The 1966 report stated, “Research in trauma has suffered from the lack of recognition of trauma as a major public health problem. The most significant obstacle at present [to trauma research efforts] is the lack of long-term funding. Unpredictability of financial support hinders recruitment of competent scientists and technicians, retention of key personnel, and procurement of necessary equipment.”2 A report by Moses et al.3 in 2015 quantified the discrepancy in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for injury at −11.8% relative to the burden of disease. Traumatic injury was the most underfunded medical condition studied (Fig. 1). Funding Information: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. While there was no direct funding for this manuscript, the April 2017 stakeholder conference discussed was supported by a grant from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the Department of Defense.

PY - 2018/6/1

Y1 - 2018/6/1

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U2 - 10.1097/TA.0000000000001812

DO - 10.1097/TA.0000000000001812

M3 - Article

C2 - 29370052

AN - SCOPUS:85048014229

SN - 2163-0755

VL - 84

SP - 1012

EP - 1016

JO - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

JF - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

IS - 6

ER -