IMPACTINSIGHTS ISSUE#1
Roadinjuryresearch prioritysetting
Oct2025
Welookforwardtowelcomenearly30 prioritysettingworkshopparticipants on12November2025atRoyalCollege ofSurgeonsEdinburgh.Wehave clinicians,policymakers,patientsand public,MOD,roadsafetyorganisations andgovernmentdepartmentssigned uptorespondtoquestionsontopics suchas:
Bystanderrole,trainingand psychologicalimpact, AIandtechnology, Healthoutcomes, Culturalandgenderdisparities Specificinterventionsfortrapped patients, Multi-agencyworkingandtraining
Theextricationcourse,designedtobeengaging, user-friendly,andtobringallemergency respondersuptodatewiththelatestevidencebasedprinciplesofcasualtyextrication,will launchonlineon1November2025.
Participantswilllearnto: Applypatient-focusedextricationprinciples, UseendorsedEXITdecisionsupporttoolsin realisticcasescenarios, Challengeoutdatedorunsafenormsin extricationandadoptapproachesthatplace patientsafetyandoutcomesatthecentreof decision-making.
Thecourseisaimedatfireandrescueservice personnel,policeofficers,communityresponders, highwaysofficers,andallclinicianswhoattend collisions,orwhowanttorefreshtheirknowledge ofcontemporaryguidance.Withscenariosbased onnationalconsensusandEXITprojectdecision tools,thecourseisgroundedinoperational reality,butpresentedinawaythatisengaging andaccessibletoall.Itisauniqueopportunityto alignwiththelatestguidance,ensuringsafer, faster,andmorepatient-centredoutcomes whenitmattersmost.
Fromscorestopatients: rethinking‘injury’
Whenresearchers,clinicians,and policymakerstalkabout“roadinjury”, theyoftenturntoasharedsetof tools:theAbbreviatedInjuryScale (AIS)andthescoresbuiltuponit. Thesescoresprovideacommon languageforcomparinginjuriesand outcomesacrosssystems,countries, anddecades.
TheIMPACTonlineresearchseminarserieslaunches
Theseminarsaredesignedto:
Highlightcutting-edgeresearchanditspracticalapplicationsindifferentresource settings.
Encouragecollaborationacrossdisciplines,sectors,andregions. Buildaglobalcommunityofprofessionalscommittedtoimprovingpost-collision care
Whocanattend?
Participationisfree,andopentoeveryonewithaninterestinpost-collisionresearchand traumacare Presentationsaredesignedtoengagebothexperiencedresearchersand thosenewtothefield.Ourspeakersandcontentreflectdiverseglobalperspectives, includinginsightsfromLMICs,whereinnovative,resource-adaptedsolutionsareoften developedandtested.
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