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Education andPractice

Practicing Paramedics Cannot Generate or Estimate Safe Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Using Standard Techniques

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Pages 307-311 | Received 24 May 2006, Accepted 29 Dec 2006, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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