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Objectives: To assess the impact of the bombings in London on 7 July on stress levels and travel intentions in London's population. Design: A cross sectional telephone survey using random digit dialing was conducted to contact a representative sample of adults. Respondents were asked to participate in an interview enquiring about current levels of stress and travel intentions. Setting: Interviews took place between 18 and 20 July. Participants: 1010 participants (10% of the eligible people we contacted) completed the interviews. Main outcome measures: Main outcomes were presence of substantial stress, measured by using an identical tool to that used to assess the emotional impact of 11 September 2001 in the US population, and intention to travel less on tubes, trains, and buses, or into central London, once the transport network had returned to normal. Results: 31% of Londoners reported substantial stress and 32% reported an intention to travel less. Among other things, having difficulty contacting friends or family by mobile phone (odds ratio 1.7, 95% confidence interval 1.1 to 2.7), having thought you could have been injured or killed (3.8, 2.4 to 6.2), and being Muslim (4.0, 2.5 to 6.6) were associated with a greater presence of substantial stress, whereas being white (0.3, 0.2 to 0.4) and having previous experience of terrorism (0.6, 0.5 to 0.9) were associated with reduced stress. Only 12 participants (1%) felt that they needed professional help to deal with their emotional response to the attacks. Conclusions: Although the psychological needs of those intimately caught up in the attacks will require further assessment, we found no evidence of a widespread desire for professional counselling. The attacks have inflicted disproportionately high levels of distress among non-white and Muslim Londoners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the need to train and support general surgeons in the case of mass trauma emergencies, such as the July 7, 2005 London terrorist bombings. Death from occult cavity trauma is the second greatest cause of death following trauma, and can be prevented with proper care. It is difficult to train surgical responders, and they often have difficulty finding jobs in Great Britain.

Discusses the medical treatment of blast injury in enclosed spaces. Suggestion that all doctors should know the basic management of patients injured by explosive blast; Review of how the terrorist bombings in London on July 7, 2005 illustrated the lethality of explosions in confined urban spaces; Discussion of how all casualties injured in explosions should be managed initially according to the advanced trauma life support (ATLS) guidelines; Comparison of fatality rates in opened and enclosed spaces.

The article reports on a psychiatric patient who incorporated terrorist bombings into her delusions. Upon meeting with a psychiatrist, the woman stated that she was concerned about the 2005 London subway bombings, that she was experiencing physical symptoms related to this fear and that she planned to save the world by building a spaceship. She reported seeing a very clean car in the parking lot and, because of its cleanliness, identified it as belonging to suicide bombers. She considered reporting it to the police. The incident made the author realize that many of the bomb warnings that are prosecuted by the police may be the result of a psychiatric patient incorporating current events into their delusions. He suggests that the people who make these threats should be evaluated.

Offers a discussion about the media's response to the London, England, transportation bombings of 2005. Report that the bombings took place just before the national commemoration of Victory in Europe Day; Discussion of the characteristics of the suicide bombers; Reference to the book "Consciousness and the Novel," by David Lodge; Criticism of Prime Minister Tony Blair's claims that the bombings were not connected to Britain's involvement in the Iraq War.

Recounts the author's experience of witnessing a bus explosion outside of British Medical Association (BMA) facilities that occurred as part of the July 7, 2005 terrorist bombings in London. Noise caused by initial blast; Description of what the author's saw upon approaching the accident scene; Effort to treat some of the victims; Reports on many victims were treated at BMA facilities before being taken to the hospital.

Recounts the author's experience of witnessing a bus explosion outside of British Medical Association (BMA) facilities that occurred as part of the July 7, 2005 terrorist bombings in London. Description of the noises caused by the blast; Review of how people inside the BMA building at the time evacuated; Overview of the attempt to treat some of the victims.

Presents an editorial on how the London terrorist bombings effected the production and publication of the July 16, 2005 edition of the "British Medical Journal" (BMJ). Reports on how one of the bombs shook the building that houses the BMJ offices; Review of how the publication has never failed to publish during its one hundred and six year history; Author's views on the chain of causation that led to the London bombings.