Letter to the Editor: Impact of alternative pathways from 911 calls on ED overcrowding

Michael A Austin^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.
² Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, L'Hôpital d'Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.
⁴ University of Ottawa, L'Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.

Comment

Michael A Austin. CJEM. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;26(2):134-135.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00603-1. Epub 2023 Oct 7.

Michael A Austin^{1

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¹ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.
² Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, L'Hôpital d'Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.
⁴ University of Ottawa, L'Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. maustin@toh.ca.

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