About the Authors

Melissa L. Potestio

Affiliations Research Priorities & Implementation, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Jamie M. Boyd

Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, W21C Research and Innovation Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Sean M. Bagshaw

Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Canada

Daren Heyland

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Queen’s University, Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Canada

Peter Oxland

Affiliations Family Advisor, Critical Care, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada, Patient and Community Engagement Researcher (PaCER), University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Christopher J. Doig

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada

Dave Zygun

Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Canada

Henry T. Stelfox

tstelfox@ucalgary.ca

Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HTS. Performed the experiments: MLP JB SMB DH PO CJD DZ HTS. Analyzed the data: MLP JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLP JB SMB DH PO CJD DZ HTS. Wrote the paper: MLP JB. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: MLP JB SMB DH PO CJD DZ HTS.