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Phlebotomy Essentials
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Author: Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher: JONES+BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC.
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- You are with your great grandma and the rest of your family at a reunion. All of the sudden your great grandma drops to the ground and is not breathing and does not have a pulse. What precautions would you take due to her age during CPR?
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