• Military medicine · Jun 2024

    Lessons Learned From a Large-Scale Military Mass Casualty Incident: Reevaluation of the Response to the Khobar Towers Bombing.

    • Joseph Obiajulu, Erik DeSoucy, Douglas Robb, Michael Atkins, and Stephen Rush.
    • NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
    • Mil Med. 2024 Jun 15.

    AbstractThe 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, a large-scale mass casualty incident (MASCAL) at a coalition forces housing complex, resulted in 519 casualties. Key lessons learned include the importance of MASCAL exercises, self-aid and buddy care, and casualty triage, all critical to preparation for future terrorist attacks or near-peer combat operations MASCALs.© The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2024. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site–for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.

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