Just the facts: drowning

David Jerome^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada. djerome@nosm.ca.
² Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ON, Canada. djerome@nosm.ca.
³ Canadian Association of Wilderness Medicine, Kelowna, BC, Canada. djerome@nosm.ca.

David Jerome. CJEM. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;24(3):263-265.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00271-7. Epub 2022 Feb 7.

David Jerome^{1

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¹ Division of Clinical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada. djerome@nosm.ca.
² Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ON, Canada. djerome@nosm.ca.
³ Canadian Association of Wilderness Medicine, Kelowna, BC, Canada. djerome@nosm.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: Drowning; Resuscitation; Wilderness.

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