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C AN P ARAMEDICS S AFELY D ECIDE W HICH P ATIENTS D O N OT N EED A MBULANCE T RANSPORT OR E MERGENCY D EPARTMENT C ARE ?

Pages 383-386 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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