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Onsite Medical Care, Resuscitation Increasingly Important at Mass Gathering Events

By Chrissy H. Chan, MD, and Matt S. Friedman, MD | on April 11, 2017 | 0 Comment
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Dr. ChanDr. Chan is a PGY-2 emergency medicine resident at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Dr. FriedmanDr. Friedman is associate medical director of prehospital care and director of the EMS clerkship in the department of emergency medicine at Maimonides Medical Center.

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