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  1. Simon Binks,
  2. Jonathan Wyatt
  1. Department of Accident and Emergency, Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Truro, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Paul Wyatt, Department of Accident and Emergency, Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Truro TR1 3LJ, UK; jonathan.wyatt{at}rcht.cornwall.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201919

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