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London bombings July 2005: The immediate pre-hospital medical response

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 66; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.07.005

1873-1570

David Lockey, R Mackenzie, Julian Redhead, David Wise, Tim Harris, Anne Weaver, K. Hines, Gareth E. Davies,

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

On July 7th 2005 a series of terrorist bombs exploded in London. The transport system was targeted and at least 54 passengers were killed and around 700 injured. This paper describes the immediate pre-hospital medical response to the four scenes. From the perspective of the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service the deployment, difficulties on scene and the initial lessons learned are discussed.