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Nneoma E Okonkwo1, Ssentamu John Vanglist2, Hendry R Sawe3

  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, USA.

Critical Care Clinics
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Cardiac arrestLMICLow-and-middle-incomeResource limited settingResuscitation

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