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EDUCATION AND PRACTICE

P ROSPECTIVE D ETERMINATION OF M EDICAL N ECESSITY FOR A MBULANCE T RANSPORT BY P ARAMEDICS

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Pages 466-469 | Published online: 28 Aug 2009

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