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Response to: Prehospital Surgical Cricothyrotomy in a Ground-Based 9-1-1 EMS System: A Retrospective Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2025

Kaelan Gobeil Odai*
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*
Correspondence: Kaelan Gobeil Odai, MD 2214 rue De Villiers Montreal, Quebec, Canada H41 1L5 E-mail: Dr.k.gobeilodai@outlook.com

Abstract

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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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