Resuscitation
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 187-191 , February 2002

Pre-hospital care—the evolution of a course for undergraduates

  • K.P. Allison

      Affiliations

    • Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery and Immediate Care Doctor, 271 Blossomfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B911TA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • T. Kilner

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer in Emergency Nursing, Immediate Care Practitioner, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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  • K.M. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Consultant Trauma Surgeon, Immediate Care Practitioner and Medical Director of the West Midlands CARE team, University NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • A. Thurgood

      Affiliations

    • Independent Consultant Nurse and Immediate Care Practitioner, Birmingham, UK

Received 1 August 2001 ,Revised 1 August 2001 ,Accepted 31 August 2001.

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Resuscitation
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