Part 5: New guidelines for first aid

Resuscitation

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 93-102

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BLEEDING; BURN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0034705923     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00273-2     Document Type: Note

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