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Original Contributions

Stewardship of Prehospital Low Titer O-Positive Whole Blood in a Large Urban Fire-Based EMS System

Pages 848-854 | Received 27 May 2021, Accepted 07 Oct 2021, Published online: 22 Nov 2021

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