Paris terrorist attack: Early lessons from the intensivists

Sylvain Ausset, Arie Attias, Fabrice Cook, Jean Louis Daban, Gilles Dhonneur, Jacques Duranteau, Arnaud Follin, Tobias Gauss, Sophie Hamada, Didier Journois, Olivier Langeron, Jean Mantz, Catherine Paugam Burtz, Mathieu Raux, Bruno Riou, Guillaume de Saint Maurice, Bernard Vigue, Traumabase Group

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Abstract

During the night of 13-14 November, the city of Paris was exposed, within a few hours, to three bomb explosions, four shooting scenes, and one 3-hour hostage-taking of several hundred people causing at least 130 deaths and more than 250 injured victims. Most unstable patients were transferred to the six trauma centers of the Paris area, all members of the TRAUMABASE Group. A rapid adaptation of the organization of trauma patients' admittance was required in all centers to face the particular needs of the situation. Everything went relatively well in all centers, with overall hospital mortality below 2 %. Nevertheless, most physicians nowadays agree that anticipation, teaching, and training are crucial to appropriately face such events. All of us have learned many additional issues from this experience. Following a meeting of the TRAUMABASE Group, the most relevant issues are detailed in the following.

Original languageEnglish
Article number88
JournalCritical Care
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

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