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Physician-augmented pre-hospital care in the Canadian context: the Jasper bus crash mass casualty incident

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, C231 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada

    Brett H. Shaw & Michael Betzner

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Eddie Chang

  3. Department of Anesthesia, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Jamin Mulvey

  4. Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS), Calgary, AB, Canada

    Brett H. Shaw, Eddie Chang, Michael Betzner & Jamin Mulvey

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Shaw, B.H., Chang, E., Betzner, M. et al. Physician-augmented pre-hospital care in the Canadian context: the Jasper bus crash mass casualty incident. Can J Emerg Med 23, 704–706 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-021-00139-2

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