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Original Contributions

Feasibility of Paramedic Performed Prehospital Lung Ultrasound in Medical Patients with Respiratory Distress

Torben K. BeckerCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5287-8056
, MD, PhD ORCID Icon,
Christian Martin-Gill
, MD, MPH,
Clifton W. Callaway
, MD, PhD,
Francis X. Guyette
, MS, MS, MPH &
Christopher Schott
, MD, MS, RDMS
Pages 175-179 | Received 08 Jun 2017, Accepted 18 Jul 2017, Published online: 14 Sep 2017

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