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University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Bernard Unger
Affiliation:
SMBD–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
Julie Spence
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Eric Grafstein
Affiliation:
St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
the CTAS National Working Group
Affiliation:
includes representatives from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), the National Emergency Nurses Affiliation (NENA), l'Association des médecins d'urgence du Québec (AMUQ), the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC)
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Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Rm. 1G1.58, W.C. Mackenzie Centre, 8440–112 St., Edmonton AB T6G 2B7; michael.bullard@ualberta.ca
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