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High-rise Building on Fire

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This case shows that every emergency doctor can also find himself in a situation where he has to make quick and competent decisions in order to save the lives of the people involved. Therefore, as will be shown very clearly here, prevention starts in the head, namely before such a situation arises.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, DIAKOVERE Friederikenstift, Hannover, Germany

    Sven Wolf

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  1. Klinik für Anästhesie, Medizin Campus Bodensee, Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Volker Wenzel

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Wolf, S. (2023). High-rise Building on Fire. In: Wenzel, V. (eds) Case Studies in Emergency Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67249-5_24

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