About the Authors

Marica Cassarino

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

marica.cassarino@ul.ie

Affiliation School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Health Research Institute, Ageing Research Cluster, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Katie Robinson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Health Research Institute, Ageing Research Cluster, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Rosie Quinn

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland

Breda Naddy

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Strategy and Programmes Division, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Andrew O’Regan

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate Entry Medical School, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Damien Ryan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Graduate Entry Medical School, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Retrieval, Emergency and Disaster Medicine Research and Development Unit (REDSPoT), Emergency Department, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland

Fiona Boland

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Marie E. Ward

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Psychology, Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Rosa McNamara

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Margaret O’Connor

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Graduate Entry Medical School, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Department of Ageing and Therapeutics, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland

Gerard McCarthy

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

Rose Galvin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Health Research Institute, Ageing Research Cluster, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.