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. 2022 Jun 30;3(2):332-335.
doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2021-0084VO. eCollection 2022 Jun.

The Crash Course: A Shocking Introduction to Defibrillation

Naima Maqsood  1 , Isaac Whitman  2 , Erin R Camac  3
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The Crash Course: A Shocking Introduction to Defibrillation

Naima Maqsood et al. ATS Sch. .
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