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FOCUS ON DISPATCH

T HE L AY P UBLIC ' S E XPECTATIONS OF P REARRIVAL I NSTRUCTIONS W HEN D IALING 9-1-1

Anthony J. Billittier Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (AJB, BL, WT, JL), Buffalo, New York; and the Center for Transportation Injury Research (AJB, EBL), Buffalo, NY.
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E. Brooke Lerner Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (AJB, BL, WT, JL), Buffalo, New York; and the Center for Transportation Injury Research (AJB, EBL), Buffalo, NY.
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William Tucker Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (AJB, BL, WT, JL), Buffalo, New York; and the Center for Transportation Injury Research (AJB, EBL), Buffalo, NY.
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Jennifer Lee Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (AJB, BL, WT, JL), Buffalo, New York; and the Center for Transportation Injury Research (AJB, EBL), Buffalo, NY.
Pages 234-237 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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