Harald De Cauwer, Dennis Barten, Melvin Willems, Gerry Van der Mieren, Francis Somville
INTRODUCTION: Communication is key in efficient disaster management. However, in many major incidents, prehospital communication failure led to insufficient upscaling, safety concerns for the emergency responders, logistical problems and inefficient disaster management. METHODS: A review of medical reports and news articles of mass-casualty terrorist attacks was performed using PubMed-archived and (non-)governmental reports. The terrorist attacks in Tokyo 1995, Oklahoma 1995, Omagh 1998, New York 2001, Myyr-manni 2002, Istanbul 2003, Madrid 2004, London 2005, Oslo/Utøya 2011, Boston 2013, Paris 2015, Berlin 2016, Brussels 2016, Wuerzburg 2016, Manchester 2017, London 2017 were included...
October 10, 2022: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery: Official Publication of the European Trauma Society