G574(P) Improving patient care through paediatric simulation and multi-disciplinary resuscitation training based upon previous serious incidents at a district general hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308599.523