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Mandating automated external defibrillators in schools: Fire, ready, aim!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Lance Brown*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, Calif

Abstract

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Type
Commentary • Commentaire
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2004

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