About the Authors

Helen Anne Snooks

h.a.snooks@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Ben Carter

Affiliation Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Jeremy Dale

Affiliation Warwick Medical School, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Theresa Foster

Affiliation East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Milford Service Area, Fiveways Roundabout, Barton Mills, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Ioan Humphreys

Affiliation Swansea Centre for Health Economics, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Philippa Anne Logan

Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Ronan Anthony Lyons

Affiliation Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Suzanne Margaret Mason

Affiliation School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield University, Regent Court, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Ceri James Phillips

Affiliation Swansea Centre for Health Economics, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Antonio Sanchez

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cardiff University, Academic Building, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, United Kingdom

Mushtaq Wani

Affiliation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Department of Stroke Medicine, Morriston Hospital, Morriston, Swansea, United Kingdom

Alan Watkins

Affiliation Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Bridget Elizabeth Wells

Affiliation Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Richard Whitfield

Affiliation Prehospital Emergency Research Unit, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, Lansdowne Hospital, Canton, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Ian Trevor Russell

Affiliation Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

At the time of the study JD was paid Clinical Director of Plain Healthcare, the company that supplied the CCDS software for the trial, but he played no part in collection or analysis of data. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAS JD RAL SMM CJP MW BEW RW ITR. Performed the experiments: HAS AS TF RW. Analyzed the data: BRC IH CJP AJW ITR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD IH PAL CJP AJW. Wrote the paper: HAS BRC JD TF IH PAL RAL SMM CJP AS MW AJW BEW RW ITR.