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KAMEDO Report 90: Terrorist Attacks in Madrid, Spain, 2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Roger Boiling ,
Ylva Ehrlin ,
Rebecca Forsberg ,
Anders Rüter ,
Vivian Soest ,
Tore Vikström ,
Per Örtenwall  and
Helge Brändström
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Abstract

This is a descriptive study of the medical responses to the bombings by terrorists in Madrid on 11 March 2004. The nature of the event, the human damage, and the responses are described. It describes the: (1) nature and operations associated with the alarm; (2) assignment of responding units and personnel; (3) establishment and operations of casualty collection points; (4) medical transport and distribution of injured victims; (5) prioritization and command; (6) hospital care; (7) psychosocial care; (8) identification of the dead; and (9) police investigation and actions. Each of these descriptions is discussed in terms of what currently is known and the implications for future planning, preparedness, and response.

Keywords

alarmambulanceexplosive deviceMadridpsychosocial supportSamurSumma 1–1–2terrorist attacktriage system
Type
Special Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 252 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2007

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