Pediatric trauma kills one million children worldwide each year, and is the leading cause of childhood mortality and disability in the world. Additionally, 12 million children are admitted due to injuries, and the most significant errors in pediatric trauma are consistently related to a lack of proper communication and awareness of the differences between injured children and adults. Such errors can lead to misdiagnosis even in relatively simple situations such as hemodynamic instability or intra-abdominal injuries. The solution to addressing this critical gap is education, comprising both technical and non-technical skills. Moreover, effective pediatric trauma education should (1) be immersive, (2) train entire teams rather than individuals, (3) include ample debriefing, and, particularly in resource-limited settings, (4) be cost-effective.

Unfortunately, the mortality and long-term disability burden of pediatric trauma have not decreased over the past decade, calling into question the effectiveness of current educational solutions. Moreover, current training recommendations for pediatric trauma would require stakeholders and health care providers to spend millions of dollars yearly to address the current global burden of children’s injuries. It is time to change this reality through innovative educational technology solutions.