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Original Article

Outcomes of sudden cardiac arrest treated with defibrillation by emergency medical technicians (emt-ds) or paramedics in a two-tiered urban ems system

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Pages 13-17 | Received 01 Jun 1997, Accepted 07 Aug 1997, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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