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Chapter 8 - Emergency management and resuscitation

from Section 2 - Refreshing your knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2016

Edited by
Emma Plunkett ,
Emily Johnson  and
Anna Pierson
Emma Plunkett
Affiliation:
West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham
Emily Johnson
Affiliation:
West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham
Anna Pierson
Affiliation:
Birmingham School of Anaesthesia
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Returning to Work in Anaesthesia
Back on the Circuit
 , pp. 66 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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