Preparing for the Predictable Surprise

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From Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. John H. Armstrong, MD, FACS, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center, Box 100286, 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, Florida, 32601-0286; E-mail: [email protected] Dr Armstrong serves on the Executive Committee of the National Disaster Life Support Educational Consortium and as a consultant to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Subcommittee on Disaster and Mass Casualty Management. He is a former trustee of the American Medical Association and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Florida.