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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

P REHOSPITAL O N-SITE T RIAGING

Robert B. Dunne Sinai-Grace Hospital (RBD), William Beaumont Hospital (SC), Detroit Receiving Hospital (RDW, RJZ, BFB), and the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Clinical Research Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine (RBD, SC, RDW, RJZ, BFB), Detroit, Michigan.
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Scott Compton Sinai-Grace Hospital (RBD), William Beaumont Hospital (SC), Detroit Receiving Hospital (RDW, RJZ, BFB), and the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Clinical Research Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine (RBD, SC, RDW, RJZ, BFB), Detroit, Michigan.
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Robert D. Welch Sinai-Grace Hospital (RBD), William Beaumont Hospital (SC), Detroit Receiving Hospital (RDW, RJZ, BFB), and the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Clinical Research Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine (RBD, SC, RDW, RJZ, BFB), Detroit, Michigan.
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Robert J. Zalenski Sinai-Grace Hospital (RBD), William Beaumont Hospital (SC), Detroit Receiving Hospital (RDW, RJZ, BFB), and the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Clinical Research Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine (RBD, SC, RDW, RJZ, BFB), Detroit, Michigan.
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Brooks F. Bock Sinai-Grace Hospital (RBD), William Beaumont Hospital (SC), Detroit Receiving Hospital (RDW, RJZ, BFB), and the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Clinical Research Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine (RBD, SC, RDW, RJZ, BFB), Detroit, Michigan.
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