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Prehospital triage to stroke centres: Is it a solution to the problem?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

P. Richard Verbeek  and
Brian Schwartz
P. Richard Verbeek*
Affiliation:
Division of Prehospital Care, Department of Emergency Services, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Brian Schwartz
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
*
Toronto Ambulance, 4330 Dufferin St., Toronto ON M3H 5R9; rverbeek@basehospital.on.ca

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Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 106 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2000

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