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Focus on Emergency Medical Dispatch

Impact of a New 9-1-1 Dispatch System on Call-Processing Times for Time-Critical Emergencies in the City of Los Angeles

Stephen SankoCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Christianne Lane
, PhD &
Marc Eckstein
, MD, MPH
Pages 537-543 | Received 29 Mar 2019, Accepted 12 Sep 2019, Published online: 07 May 2020

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