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Position Paper (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMS PHYSICIANS)

P ATIENT R ESTRAINT IN E MERGENCY M EDICAL S ERVICES S YSTEMS

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Pages 340-345 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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