[Orthopedic surgery and traumatology].
Terrorist explosions cause destruction of material goods and human injury on such a scale that the provision of healthcare in available centers can be compromised. In the last few years we have witnessed terrible terrorist attacks that affect us increasingly closely. The authors describe the intervention of the Department of Traumatology of a university hospital in response to a terrorist attack that left nearly 2,000 persons wounded and 191 dead. As usually occurs in these attacks, the victims' lesions were characterized by the severity and extension of the tissue damage, including penetrating wounds, blast injuries and burns. Critical analysis of previous disasters described by our colleagues in the medical literature is useful to avoid future errors.
Chana Rodríguez
Francisco
F
Departamento de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. selvanegra23@yahoo.es
Villanueva Martínez
Manuel
M
Riquelme García
Óscar
Ó
de Heras Sánchez-Heredero
Julio
J
Vigil Escribano
Lola
L
Riquelme Arias
Gerardo
G
D015998:Abbreviated Injury Scale; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005107:Explosions; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009985:Orthopedics; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014194:Traumatology; D014218:Triage