Emergency Trauma Care
In examining the issue of Emergency Trauma Care, the meeting identified the following causes of major road accidents: (1) over-speeding; (2) night driving; (3) dangerous overtaking on curves, hills, etc; (4) crossing of roads by pedestrians; wrongful use of traffic indicators or lack of it; (5) inappropriate parking of vehicles on roads; and (6) Tyre bursts.

To control injuries, the meeting called for:

Training
Institute mandatory training: at different levels; First aid training to all drivers, particularly commercial drivers; First aid box mandatory in all cars; and Accident prone areas should be priority.

Communication
Emergency numbers should be added to cell phone numbers (in most countries emergency numbers are linked only to land lines); Link emergency lines to EMS; Separate lines for ambulance; and One national emergency number for the country or region.

Transportation
Strengthening of an ambulance service.

Delivery of Care
Pre-hospital and facility-based emergency care should go in parallel; Government to provide free care for first 48 hours; Institutional framework that is comprehensive (pre-hospital care, emergency care and cost); and Adaptation and implementation of the ETC guidelines.