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Focus on COVID-19

EMS Non-Transport of Low-Risk COVID-19 Patients

Katherine CouturierDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, ConnecticutCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alexander R. NelsonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Kevin BurnsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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David C. ConeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
,
Mark RollinsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Arjun K. VenkateshDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
,
Andrew UlrichDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Matthew ShapiroDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Daniel JosephDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Pages 310-314 | Received 29 Mar 2022, Accepted 22 May 2022, Published online: 13 Jun 2022

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