Pediatric Trauma Training in India- Need of the Hour.

Pediatric trauma is preventable yet every year the number of road accident victims continues to rise. India is facing another epidemic in the form of pediatric trauma. Children less than 14 years account for 11% of accident-related deaths in India. Road traffic injury have multipronged effects on child's mental and physical development. Injury during developing phase can have both long-term and short-term consequences. Currently, India has only 5 Level 1 trauma centers where trauma care providers have mostly undergone training in Adult Trauma Life Support. It is well established that the outcome of pediatric trauma victims is largely dependent on the management received in the golden hour. Yet no standardized pediatric trauma training programme exists in India, and there is a need to address this gap.