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Response to: Long-Term Mortality in Patients Transferred by Emergency Medical Services: Prospective Cohort Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2023

Kaelan Gobeil Odai*
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nour Seulami
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Suhailah Alhefeit
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Naser Almehairi
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Harrish Gangatharan
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Josh Jiaxing Wang
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*
Correspondence: Kaelan Gobeil Odai, MD 5475 Rue Saint-Jacques Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4A 2E1 E-mail: Dr.k.gobeilodai@outlook.com

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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