The Paris Terrorist Attacks – Implications for first responders
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The medical response to multisite terrorist attacks in Paris.
Introduction Friday, Nov 13, 2015. It’s 2130 h when the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP) is alerted to the explosions that have just occurred at the Stade de France, a stadium in Saint-Denis just outside Paris. Within 20 min, there are shootings at four sites and three bloody explosions in the capital. At 2140 h, a massacre takes place and hundreds of people are held hostage for 3 h...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of High Threat & Austere Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2652-2241
DOI: 10.33553/jhtam.v1i1.18