About the Authors

Kwok M. Ho

kwok.ho@health.wa.gov.au

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Edward Litton

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Elizabeth Geelhoed

Affiliation School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Monica Gope

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Maxine Burrell

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Jacqueline Coribel

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Angela McDowall

Affiliation State Trauma Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Sudhakar Rao

Affiliation State Trauma Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMH EL EG MG MB JC AM SR. Performed the experiments: KMH EL EG MG MB JC AM SR. Analyzed the data: KMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMH EL EG MG MB JC AM SR. Wrote the paper: KMH EL EG MG MB JC AM SR.