Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Oct 2018
Preparedness for treating victims of terrorist attacks in Australia: Learning from recent military experience.
The Australian health system is generally well prepared for mass casualty events. Fortunately, there have been very few terrorist attacks and these have involved low numbers of casualties compared with events overseas. ⋯ To define their experience, they developed the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Guidelines that have saved many lives. It is now prudent to incorporate this knowledge and experience into civilian practice in Australia.