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Focus on Airway Management

A Prospective Multicenter Evaluation of Prehospital Airway Management Performance in a Large Metropolitan Region

Pages 304-310 | Received 12 Oct 2008, Accepted 30 Jan 2009, Published online: 13 Aug 2009

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