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At 2 a.m. on July 27, 1996, I stood in the ambulance bay of Grady Memorial Hospital, awaiting the first of 35 severely injured bombing victims who would be brought to Grady from Atlanta's Olympic Park over the next 2 hours. Although it was a harrowing experience for all involved, the response of Grady's ambulance service, emergency physicians, and trauma surgeons was so efficient that the hospital had returned to normal operations by 7 a.m.

Much has changed in the decade since the Atlanta bombing. The power and sophistication of terrorist bombings have increased dramatically, but America's emergency and trauma . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Kellermann is a professor and chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. The opinions expressed in this article are his personal views and do not necessarily reflect those of the IOM or Emory University.

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