Efficacy of a rapid response team on reducing the incidence and mortality of unexpected cardiac arrests.

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Published in Trauma Mon on July 31, 2012

Authors

Majid Sabahi1, Seyed Ahmad Fanaei2, Seyed Ali Ziaee3, Farokh Sadat Falsafi4

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of University of Sunny Brook, CA ATLS Instructor by American College of Surgeons, Toronto, Canada ; Department of Emergency Medicine, Atieh Hospital, Tehran, IR Iran.
2: Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
3: ATLS Instructor by American College of Surgeons, Emergency Department of Saudi German Hospital, Dubai, UAE.
4: Coordinator of Iran-ATLS Association, Atieh Hospital, Tehran, IR Iran.

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