Abstract
From a terrorist perspective, the true genius of this attack is that the objective and means of attack were beyond the imagination of those responsible for Marine security.‖- Report of the U.S. Department of Defense Commission on Beirut Airport Terrorist Act, October 23, 1983. Since the terrorist suicide truck bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, the ―imagination‖ of Americans has continued to be taxed with devastating consistency. Explosions and bombings remain the most common deliberate cause of disasters involving large numbers of casualties, especially as instruments of terrorism, yet we still have not learned how to anticipate and manage the tragic carnage they cause with any degree of effectiveness. These attacks virtually always are directed against the untrained and unsuspecting civilian population. Unlike the military, civilians are poorly equipped or prepared to handle the severe emotional, logistical, and medical burdens of a sudden large casualty load, and thus are completely vulnerable to terrorist aims [1,2]. Keywords: Medical, management, mass casualties, terrorist bombings.
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