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Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Response: Resource Document for the National Association of EMS Physicians Position Statement

Christina L. Catlett From the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) and the Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Revision received October 20, 2010; accepted for publication December 20, 2010.Correspondence[email protected]
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J. Lee Jenkins From the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) and the Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Revision received October 20, 2010; accepted for publication December 20, 2010.
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Michael G. Millin From the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) and the Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Revision received October 20, 2010; accepted for publication December 20, 2010.
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Pages 420-425 | Published online: 11 Apr 2011

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