title: [General coordination of hospital activity].
abstract: The present article describes the organizational and general coordination measures taken by the hospital management to attend the 325 victims who arrived at our hospital after the terrorist attack on the morning of 11 March. Firstly, we summarize the activity performed by the extra-hospital emergency services and the distribution of the victims in centers. Secondly, we describe in greater detail the interventions performed to initiate the External Emergency Action Plan in our hospital, the triage system and identification of patients who used it, as well as the resources in terms of beds, operating rooms and personnel that were used on that day. Lastly, by way of discussion, we provide a critical analysis of our interventions.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Preventiva y Gestión de Calidad, Hospital General Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain. mrodriguezp.hgugm@salud.madrid.org
authors.forename: Paz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Serra
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005107:Explosions; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain; D014218:Triage