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Be Prepared: things my scoutmaster never told me

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Marco L.A. Sivilotti*
Affiliation:
Departments of Emergency Medicine, and of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
*
Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart St., Kingston ON K7L 2V7; sivilotm@KGH.KARI.NET

Abstract

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Type
Commentary • Commentaire
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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