About the Authors
- Michael Kreinest
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Affiliations BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedics, Ludwigshafen, Germany, PHTLS Europe Research Group, Offenbach/Queich, Germany
- Sarah Goller
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Affiliations BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedics, Ludwigshafen, Germany, PHTLS Europe Research Group, Offenbach/Queich, Germany
- Geraldine Rauch
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Affiliation University of Heidelberg, Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, Heidelberg, Germany
- Christian Frank
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Affiliations Mittelbaden Clinic, Department for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Baden-Baden, Germany, PHTLS Europe Research Group, Offenbach/Queich, Germany
- Bernhard Gliwitzky
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Affiliation PHTLS Europe Research Group, Offenbach/Queich, Germany
- Christoph G. Wölfl
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Affiliations BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedics, Ludwigshafen, Germany, PHTLS Europe Research Group, Offenbach/Queich, Germany
- Stefan Matschke
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Affiliation BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedics, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Matthias Münzberg
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* E-mail: matthias.muenzberg@bgu-ludwigshafen.de
Affiliations BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedics, Ludwigshafen, Germany, PHTLS Europe Research Group, Offenbach/Queich, Germany
Competing Interests
MK, MM, CGW and CF are Medical Course Directors for PHTLS Germany. MM is furthermore Medical Director for PHTLS Germany. MM and CGW are furthermore ATLS Course Directors. SG and BG are Instructors for PHTLS Germany. BG is furthermore PHTLS chair of Germany. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. GR and SM confirm having no conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MK SG GR CF BG CGW SM MM. Performed the experiments: MK SG MM. Analyzed the data: MK SG GR SM MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK CF CGW SM. Wrote the paper: MK SG GR CF MM.