Timely post-crash care can reduce the impact of road trauma. This is particularly of concern in regional and remote WA, where response times can be hindered by remote locations.
The post-crash care aspect of the Safe System consists of three key components:
Rehabilitation
Medical rehabilitation services (including allied health services such as occupational therapy, physiology and speech therapy).
Hospital Setting
This includes immediate high-quality treatment and interventions, human resources, physical resources and organisation of trauma care.
First responders
This includes basic pre-hospital trauma care and advanced pre-hospital trauma care (complex, regional call management centres, highly integrated communication networks and adequate transport services).
Globally, road safety now includes a focus on post-crash care. Enhancements to the system involved in the prevention and mitigation of the long-term impacts of serious injury crashes are increasingly being considered.
