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Military Medicine

Pilot Study to Determine the Feasibility of Training Army National Guard Medics to Perform Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography

Brandon H. Backlund Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Denver, Colorado; the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Aurora, Colorado; and the Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health (JSH), Aurora, Colorado.Correspondence[email protected]
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Carl J. Bonnett Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Denver, Colorado; the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Aurora, Colorado; and the Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health (JSH), Aurora, Colorado.
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Jeffrey P. Faragher Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Denver, Colorado; the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Aurora, Colorado; and the Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health (JSH), Aurora, Colorado.
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Jason S. Haukoos Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Denver, Colorado; the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Aurora, Colorado; and the Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health (JSH), Aurora, Colorado.
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John L. Kendall Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Denver, Colorado; the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine (BHB, CJB, JPF, JSH, JLK), Aurora, Colorado; and the Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health (JSH), Aurora, Colorado.
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Pages 118-123 | Received 30 Jan 2009, Accepted 15 Jun 2009, Published online: 30 Nov 2009

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