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Prehospital intubation for severe head injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

John M. Tallon  and
David Petrie
John M. Tallon
Affiliation:
Division of EMS and Department of Emergency MedicineDalhousie University, Halifax, NS
David Petrie
Affiliation:
Division of EMS and Department of Emergency MedicineDalhousie University, Halifax, NS

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Type
Letters • Courrier
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , July 2006 , pp. 245
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2006

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