Citation

Hirsh MP, Deross AL. J. Trauma 2009; 67(2): S91-3.

Affiliation

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. hirshm@ummhc.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ad23ce

PMID

19667861

Abstract

The development of pediatric surgery as a specialty has its roots in disaster medicine. In recent years, the medical community and population at large have begun to acknowledge injury prevention as a public health priority. Domestic terrorist attacks and natural catastrophes over the last decade have highlighted the need for disaster preparedness. Recognition of the unique problems that the pediatric-age population can encounter in a natural or man-made disaster situation has exposed a new facet of injury prevention. Recounting the history of pediatric trauma care and identifying current efforts for injury prevention are essential toward achieving an injury-free America.

Language: en