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Editorial
. 2025 Jul;27(7):505-506.
doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00957-8.

To or not to "pit stop" at the non-trauma center? The dilemma of field trauma care

Marcel Émond  1 , Justine Lessard  2 , Axel Benhamed  3
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Editorial

To or not to "pit stop" at the non-trauma center? The dilemma of field trauma care

Marcel Émond et al. CJEM. 2025 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Injury; Inter-hospital transfer; Prehospital care; Trauma system.

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Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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