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  1. H R Hutson1,
  2. D Anglin2,
  3. J Strote3
  1. 1
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  2. 2
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
  3. 3
    Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr D Anglin, Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; anglin{at}usc.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.074179

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