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Focus on Trauma

Proximal External Aortic Compression for Life-Threatening Abdominal-Pelvic and Junctional Hemorrhage: An Ultrasonographic Study in Adult Volunteers

, MN RN ENC(C) CNCC(C) CCN(C) ORCID Icon, , CD BScN RN ENC(C) ORCID Icon, , MSc RN ENC(C) CNCC(C) ORCID Icon & , MD FRCPC FRCP Edin FRCP Lond
Pages 538-542 | Received 30 Aug 2018, Accepted 30 Sep 2018, Published online: 02 Nov 2018

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