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Ambulance Staging for Potentially Dangerous Scenes: Another Hidden Component of Response Time

Matthew Gratton From Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA (MG); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA (AG); Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA (JAS); EMS Section, City Manager's Office Kansas City, MO, USA (JE); and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST), Kansas City, MO, USA (JS). Revision received October 16, 2009; accepted for publication February 3, 2010.Correspondence[email protected]
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Alex Garza From Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA (MG); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA (AG); Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA (JAS); EMS Section, City Manager's Office Kansas City, MO, USA (JE); and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST), Kansas City, MO, USA (JS). Revision received October 16, 2009; accepted for publication February 3, 2010.
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Joseph A. Salomone III From Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA (MG); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA (AG); Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA (JAS); EMS Section, City Manager's Office Kansas City, MO, USA (JE); and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST), Kansas City, MO, USA (JS). Revision received October 16, 2009; accepted for publication February 3, 2010.
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James McElroy From Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA (MG); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA (AG); Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA (JAS); EMS Section, City Manager's Office Kansas City, MO, USA (JE); and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST), Kansas City, MO, USA (JS). Revision received October 16, 2009; accepted for publication February 3, 2010.
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Jason Shearer From Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA (MG); University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA (AG); Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA (JAS); EMS Section, City Manager's Office Kansas City, MO, USA (JE); and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST), Kansas City, MO, USA (JS). Revision received October 16, 2009; accepted for publication February 3, 2010.
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Pages 340-344 | Received 16 Jul 2009, Published online: 08 Apr 2010

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