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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (cont.)

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Authors and Editors

Author: Joseph Sciammarella, MD, FACP, FACEP

Editor:Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD

Previous contributing co-authors and editors:

Coauthor(s): Claire DeSetto, RN, Coordinator, American Heart Association Training Center at Mercy Medical, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.


Last Editorial Review: 4/9/2007

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