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Focus on Cardiac Arrest

Does Experience Matter? Paramedic Cardiac Resuscitation Experience Effect on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes

Pages 332-337 | Received 06 May 2017, Accepted 04 Oct 2017, Published online: 22 Dec 2017

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