Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre (JPNATC),AIIMS –  Conceptualized in 1984, the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre was envisioned as a centre for providing the best possible trauma services. The Centre became fully functional on 26 November 2007 . It is India’s first full-fledged trauma centre to treat victims of road accidents under the stewardship of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and the best integrated level I trauma centre. It continues to set benchmarks in patient care, both nationally and internationally.

The WHO Collaborating Centre For Emergency & Trauma Care, South East Asia Region at Department of Emergency Medicine, JPN Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS , New Delhi, India , came into existence in 2019. The main activities of the collaborating center are related to strengthening and integrating emergency and trauma care in the primary health care system, strengthening of the policies and public advocacy across various levels, to create awareness about cost-effective technologies that strengthen emergency and trauma care in primary care setting, capacity building, both at the national and state-level.