Vol 3, No 1 (2018)
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MODIFICATED TWO-THUMB METHOD IS SUPERIOR TO THE STANDARD TWO-THUMB METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING CHEST COMPRESSIONS IN A MANIKIN MODEL OF NEONATAL RESUSCITATION

Tomasz Klosiewicz, Marek Dabrowski, Agata Dabrowska
Disaster Emerg Med J 2018;3(1):38-39.

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