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Dangerous Deception: Hoax Improvised Explosive Devices and their Impact on Prehospital Medical Care During Terrorist Attacks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2023

Andrew Milne ,
Simon Hendel ,
Derrick Tin Open the ORCID record for Derrick Tin [Opens in a new window] ,
Claire Park  and
Gregory Ciottone
Andrew Milne
Affiliation:
Consultant Anesthetist, Barts Health NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Simon Hendel
Affiliation:
Deputy Director, Alfred Trauma Service Head, Trauma Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Health, Australia; Lecturer, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Medical Advisor (Trauma), Ambulance Victoria, Australia
Derrick Tin*
Affiliation:
Disaster Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Claire Park
Affiliation:
Consultant Critical Care, Anesthesia, and Trauma, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Gregory Ciottone
Affiliation:
Disaster Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA
*
Correspondence: Derrick Tin BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine One Deaconess Road, WCC2 Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA E-mail: dtin@bidmc.harvard.edu
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hoaximprovised explosive devicesresponder safetytime to medical intervention
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , October 2023 , pp. 693 - 695
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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Note: Authors A. Milne and S. Hendel are co-first authors.

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