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FOCUS ON PATIENT ASSESSMENT

An Interventional Study to Improve Paramedic Diagnosis of Stroke

Janet E. Bray
, RN,
Jenepher Martin
, MD,,
Greg Cooper
, ADHS,,
Bill Barger
, ADHS,,
Stephen Bernard
, MD, &
Christopher BladinCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 297-302 | Received 22 Dec 2004, Accepted 10 Mar 2005, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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