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Use of resuscitation skills by paramedics caring for critically injured children in oregon

Eustacia Jo Su Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon, Department of Emergency Medicine; Department of PediatricsCorrespondence<[email protected]>
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N. Clay Mann Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon, Department of Emergency Medicine
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Michelle McCall Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon, Department of Emergency Medicine
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Jerris R. Hedges Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon, Department of Emergency Medicine
Pages 123-127 | Received 03 Feb 1997, Accepted 11 Mar 1997, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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