London suicide bombs

Back from annual leave and I have started catch up reading on my journals. Just before I went away there were several simultaneous bombings in London. News reports showed footage of a partially destroyed London Bus just outside Tavistock Square - where the BMA has its HQ. The first journal I turned to was my BMJ and it had several moving accounts from those who were amongst the first medics present at that bombing. In addition there was a report from Eddie Chaloner (http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7509/119) exhorting all doctors to be aware of what to do in case they are first on the scene at such a tragedy. He refers to a primer - Explosions and blast injuries: a primer for clinicians. May 2003. www.bt.cdc.gov/masstrauma/explosions.asp from the CDC which is something to refer to in coming weeks.