NIHR Group on POsT Conflict Trauma (PrOTeCT) Trauma in Sri Lanka

The NIHR Global Health Research Group on Post Conflict Trauma; PrOTeCT, is a collaborative grant between Imperial College London (UK), the University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka) and the American University of Beirut (Lebanon). It brings together expertise in trauma practice, engineering and clinical research. The clinical goal for this NIHR Group is limb salvage for victims of conflict trauma. Within the lifetime of the grant, and beyond, we hope to deliver measurable benefits to people in LMIC countries who have suffered injuries as a result of conflicts. We want to identify the types of injuries that have led to early amputation and those which are amendable to salvage. In addition, we aim to develop and to clinically deploy technology for limb salvage and limb regeneration that will be appropriate wherever blast injuries occur.