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Supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (grant no. 1046727), the Emergency Medicine Foundation, Perpetual Philanthropic Services, WA Health Targeted Research Funds, Townsville Hospital Private Practice Fund, the Auckland Medical Research Foundation, A + Trust, Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program, and a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (award no. GNT1071544).
Disclosures: none.