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COVID-19 and EMS

The Lombardy Emergency Medical System Faced with COVID-19: The Impact of Out-of-Hospital Outbreak

Nazzareno FagoniCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-8174
, MD, PhDORCID Icon,
Giovanna Perone
, MD,
Guido Francesco Villa
, MD,
Simone Celi
, RN,
Paola Bera
, MD,
Giuseppe Maria Sechi
, MD,
Claudio Mare
, MD,
Alberto Zoli
, MD &
Marco Botteri
, MD show all
Pages 1-7 | Received 18 Jun 2020, Accepted 10 Sep 2020, Published online: 19 Oct 2020

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