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Original Research

Paramedic Interventions and Adverse Patient Events during Prolonged Interfacility Ground Transport in a “Drip and Ship” Pharmacoinvasive Model of STEMI Care

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Pages 375-380 | Received 05 Apr 2022, Accepted 30 Jan 2023, Published online: 09 Mar 2023

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