that more wounded people didn't die thanks to fantastic work by the hospital and doctors The EMTs and hospitals did marvelous work, but one nonobvious fact tha

that more wounded people didn't die thanks to fantastic work by the hospital and doctors The EMTs and hospitals did marvelous work, but one nonobvious fact that helped a great deal was that the bombing was within 2 miles of FIVE DIFFERENT level 1 trauma centers. All five are world class teaching hospitals and one of them, MGH, had been recognized as the best hospital in the US at one point. There are several states that don't have even a single level 1 trauma center....