Open AccessAnalysis of the medical response to November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks: resource utilization according to the cause of injury
Author(s) -
Mathieu Raux,
Pierre Carli,
Frédéric Lapostolle,
Michel Langlois,
Youri Yordanov,
AnneLaure FéralPierssens,
Alexandre Woloch,
Carl Ogereau,
Étienne Gayat,
Arié Attias,
Dominique Pateron,
Yves Castier,
Anne Isabelle François,
Bertrand Ludes,
Emmanuelle Dolla,
Jean-Pierre Tourtier,
Bruno Riou
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
intensive care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.658
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1432-1238
pISSN - 0342-4642
DOI - 10.1007/s00134-019-05724-9
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , terrorism , orthopedic surgery , injury prevention , poison control , retrospective cohort study , anesthesiology , occupational safety and health , surgery , anesthesia , archaeology , pathology , history
The majority of terrorist acts are carried out by explosion or shooting. The objective of this study was first, to describe the management implemented to treat a large number of casualties and their flow together with the injuries observed, and second, to compare these resources according to the mechanism of trauma.