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Benefit of paramedics in non-ventricular fibrillation arrests is transitor

BMJ 1995; 311 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7003.508c (Published 19 August 1995) Cite this as: BMJ 1995;311:508
  1. C J Mann,
  2. J R C Heyworth
  1. Registrar in accident and emergency medicine Consultant in accident and emergency medicine Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LY

    EDITOR,--We agree with U M Guly and colleagues' conclusion that intervention by paramedics does not improve the outcome of cardiopulmonary arrest occurring outside hospital when compared with intervention by ambulance technicians using basic life support with early defibrillation.1 A retrospective study …

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