'People can be affected for decades': first responders at a terror attack

By Natasha Boddy
Updated July 25 2016 - 8:08pm, first published July 24 2016 - 1:49pm
Dr David Caldicott: "We're seeing the worst atrocity is the best outcome for [the] terrorist group involved." Photo: Katherine Griffiths
Dr David Caldicott: "We're seeing the worst atrocity is the best outcome for [the] terrorist group involved." Photo: Katherine Griffiths
"I think most of us try very hard to get on with the problem at hand, to intellectualise it, remove the emotion and then to bottle it up later," Dr Caldicott said.  Photo: Rohan Thomson
"I think most of us try very hard to get on with the problem at hand, to intellectualise it, remove the emotion and then to bottle it up later," Dr Caldicott said. Photo: Rohan Thomson

It was an "ordinary" night in the emergency department when the "bat" phone rang. It was a line usually reserved for critical emergencies.

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