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THE LONDON ATTACKS — RESPONSE

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Volume 353:546-547 August 11, 2005 Number 6
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Prehospital and Hospital Care
Julian Redhead, M.R.C.P., Patricia Ward, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.(Ed.), and Nicola Batrick, F.R.C.S.

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On the morning of July 7, 2005, when four bombs were detonated on the London public transportation system, doctors were mobilized from all over the city to report to work and put their hospitals' major incident plans into action. Another, smaller group of physicians was mobilized by the Central Ambulance Control (the "gold doctors") to attend at the scenes of the explosions. These doctors included members of London's pool of "major incident officers" as well as members of the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service.

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Drs. Redhead, Ward, and Batrick are consultants in the Accident and Emergency Department, St. Mary's Hospital, London.



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