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Assessment of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) response times and operational factors in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA): a retrospective analysis

Mariusz Goniewicz
1
,
Kamil Bednarz
1
,
Ahmed M. Al-Wathinani
2
,
Krzysztof Goniewicz
3

  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
  2. Department of Emergency Medical Services, Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  3. Department of Security, Polish Air Force University, Deblin, Poland
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Online publish date: 2024/11/26
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