@article{ref1,
title="Suicide bombings: process of care of mass casualties in the developing world",
journal="Disasters",
year="2009",
author="Umer, Masood and Sepah, Yasir J. and Shahpurwala, Munira M. and Zafar, Hasnain",
volume="33",
number="4",
pages="809-821",
abstract="In recent times Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, has witnessed numerous terrorist attacks. The city does not have an emergency response system and only one of the three public sector hospitals has a trauma centre. We describe the pattern of injuries and management of two terror-related mass casualty incidents involving suicide bombers in a developing nation with limited resources. The first incident occurred in May 2002 with 36 casualties, of whom 13 (36%) died immediately and 11 (30.5%) died at the primary receiving hospitals. The second incident was targeted against the local population in May 2004. The blast resulted in 104 casualties, of which 14 (13.46%) died at the site. All patients had their initial assessment and treatment based on Advanced Trauma and Life Support principles and documented on a trauma form.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-3666",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01110.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01110.x"
}