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Safe Transport of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome or Cardiogenic Shock by Skilled Air Medical Crews

Jan Trojanowski From Division of Emergency Medicine (JT), Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; Research and Development (RDMacD), Ornge Transport Medicine, Toronto, Canada; and Division of Emergency Medicine (RDMacD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
, MD &
Russell D. MacDonald From Division of Emergency Medicine (JT), Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; Research and Development (RDMacD), Ornge Transport Medicine, Toronto, Canada; and Division of Emergency Medicine (RDMacD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Pages 240-245 | Received 28 Jan 2010, Accepted 24 Sep 2010, Published online: 12 Jan 2011

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