Reducing Time to First on Scene: An Ambulance-Community First Responder Scheme
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Reducing Time to First on Scene: An Ambulance-Community First Responder Scheme
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine International
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-2840,2090-2859
DOI: 10.1155/2016/1915895