Lifesaving after cardiac arrest due to drowning
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Lifesaving after cardiac arrest due to drowning Characteristics and outcome Akademisk avhandling som för avläggande av medicine doktorsexamen vid Sahlgrenska Akademin vid Göteborgs Universitet offentligen kommer att försvaras i Sahlgrens aula, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset Fredagen den 20:e September 2013 klockan 13:00 av Andreas Claesson Specialistsjuksköterska inom ambulanssjukvård Fakultetsopponent: Professor Hans-Morten Lossius Universitetet i Stavanger Institutt for Helsefag, Stavanger Norge
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