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Table 2 Timeline of the EMS response to the Oslo government district bombing.

From: Oslo government district bombing and Utøya island shooting July 22, 2011: The immediate prehospital emergency medical service response

Event

Time

Oslo government district bomb detonates

15:25

Oslo EMCC receives first calls from the public regarding the bomb

15:26

First ambulance unit arrives on scene

15:28

First victim arrives on foot at Oslo casualty clinic

15:33

Ambulance Scene Commander declares a major incident

15:33

Civilian bus requisitioned by EMS at the bombsite

15:35

Both OUH-HEMS crews dispatched

15:40

First victim arrives at Oslo University Hospital Ullevål

15:51

Forty-one ambulance units available at casualty-clearing station 2

15:51

Seventh victim arrives at Oslo University Hospital Ullevål

16:10

One OUH-HEMS crew commissioned for SAR and triage in one of the bombed government buildings

16:40

Decommissioning of units from Oslo scene initiated

17:00

  1. EMCC = Emergency Medical Communication Centre, EMS = Emergency Medical Service, OUH-HEMS = Helicopter Emergency Medical Service of Oslo University Hospital, SAR = Search and Rescue