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Consensus statement: The role of emergency medical services in primary injury prevention

Herbert G. Garrison Department of Emergency, Medicine and Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program, East Carolina University, Greenville, North CarolinaCorrespondence<[email protected]>
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George L. Foltin Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine/Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Les R. Becker Division of Injury and Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland
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John L. Chew EMSSTAR Group, Annapolis, Maryland
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Mark Johnson Alaska Emergency Medical Services Section, Juneau, Alaska
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Gail M. Madsen Oregon Health Division-EMS, Oregon Department of Human Resources, Portland, Oregon
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David R. Miller Healthspan Transportation Services, Allina Health System, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Barbara H. Ozmar Trauma Services, Department of Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Pages 156-162 | Received 29 Nov 1966, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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