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World Trauma Day
What is? : World Trauma Day is awareness about the injury caused to the body.
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When is? : October 17
Frequency : Annual
Observed by : Worldwide
Where it is celebrated / observed? : Worldwide
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#HashTag : #WorldTraumaDay
About : It highlights the increasing rate of accidents and injuries causing death and disability across the world and the need to prevent them. The injury may be caused due to many reasons like road accidents, fires, burns, falls, acts of violence and crimes against the vulnerable population including women, children and elderly. The pre-hospital care, adequate knowledge of handling emergency situations explains the importance of saving and protecting a life during the most critical moments and preparing and applying critical measures to deal with and avoid trauma fatalities.
