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The Case for Drone-assisted Emergency Response to Cardiac Arrest

An Optimized Statewide Deployment Approach

Brittany M. Bogle, Wayne D. Rosamond, Kyle T. Snyder and Jessica K. Zègre-Hemsey
North Carolina Medical Journal July 2019, 80 (4) 204-212; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.80.4.204
Brittany M. Bogle
senior data scientist, IBM Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Wayne D. Rosamond
professor, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Kyle T. Snyder
director, NextGen Air Transportation Consortium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Jessica K. Zègre-Hemsey
assistant professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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