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Historical Article
Nord-Ost: Russia's Medical Failure in the 2002 Crisis.
- Matthew D Turner and Jason Sapp.
- U.S. Army, Emergency Medicine Program, Penn State Hershey S. Milton Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
- Mil Med. 2024 Aug 30; 189 (9-10): 228230228-230.
AbstractThe 2002 hostage crisis at a Moscow theater transfixed the attention of the world. While the initial assault, led by Spetsnaz commandos, successfully secured the building, the Russian security force's utter failure at coordinating with medical services led to the preventable deaths of over 100 hostages.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2023. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
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