About the Authors

Kwok M. Ho

kwok.ho@health.wa.gov.au

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

Sudhakar Rao

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

Maxine Burrell

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

Tarun S. Weeramanthri

Affiliation Public Health and Clinical Services Division, Western Australia Department of Health, Perth, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMH SR TSW. Performed the experiments: KMH SR MB TSW. Analyzed the data: KMH TSW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMH MB. Wrote the paper: KMH MB SR TSW. Obtained funding: KMH SR.