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Research Article

Paramedic-Performed Digital Nerve Block To Facilitate Field Reduction Of A Dislocated Finger

Paul M. SimpsonFrom the Ambulance Service of New South Wales (PMS, BM, JCB, DCC, PMM), New South Wales, Australia; the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, University of Sydney (PMM), Sydney, Australia; the Section of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine (DCC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (DCC, PMM), Sydney, Australia.Correspondence[email protected]
, MScM (ClinEpi), BEd, BHSc, ICP,
Bernadette McCabeFrom the Ambulance Service of New South Wales (PMS, BM, JCB, DCC, PMM), New South Wales, Australia; the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, University of Sydney (PMM), Sydney, Australia; the Section of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine (DCC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (DCC, PMM), Sydney, Australia.
, BHSc, BNurs, GradCert ICP,
Jason C. BendallFrom the Ambulance Service of New South Wales (PMS, BM, JCB, DCC, PMM), New South Wales, Australia; the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, University of Sydney (PMM), Sydney, Australia; the Section of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine (DCC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (DCC, PMM), Sydney, Australia.
, MBBS, MM (ClinEpi), PhD, ICP,
David C. ConeFrom the Ambulance Service of New South Wales (PMS, BM, JCB, DCC, PMM), New South Wales, Australia; the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, University of Sydney (PMM), Sydney, Australia; the Section of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine (DCC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (DCC, PMM), Sydney, Australia.
, MD &
Paul M. MiddletonFrom the Ambulance Service of New South Wales (PMS, BM, JCB, DCC, PMM), New South Wales, Australia; the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, University of Sydney (PMM), Sydney, Australia; the Section of EMS, Department of Emergency Medicine (DCC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (DCC, PMM), Sydney, Australia.
, MBBS, MM (ClinEpi), MD
Pages 415-417 | Received 20 Dec 2011, Accepted 14 Jan 2012, Published online: 17 Apr 2012

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