Dr. Marco is professor of emergency medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Jesus is assistant professor of emergency medicine at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Phillips is chief resident in the department of emergency medicine at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Larkin is Lion Foundation professor and chair of emergency medicine at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

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