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There will be an answer; let it bleed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Brian Deady*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC
Brock Pullen
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine (retired), The Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC
David Hodges
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Imaging, The Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Columbian Hospital, 330 East Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC V3L 3W7; brian.deady@hotmail.com

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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