About the Authors

Won Young Kim

wonpia@yahoo.co.kr

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Myoung Kwan Kwak

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Byuk Sung Ko

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Jae Chol Yoon

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea

Chang Hwan Sohn

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Kyoung Soo Lim

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Lars W. Andersen

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Michael W. Donnino

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WYK MKK MWD. Performed the experiments: JCY BSK CHS KSL. Analyzed the data: CHS LWA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKK JCY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: WYK LWA MWD.