Characteristics and outcomes of patients with cardiac conditions requiring emergency medical retrieval from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Dr Robert Harvey

qualifications: FRACP

contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Cardiology Fellow

Australian trained, Interventional Cardiologist with an interest in Complex Per cutaneous intervention and Emergency procedural work.

Dr Katrina Starmer

qualifications: FACEM

contribution: Study conception and design

position: Consultant Emergency Physician

Staff Specialist Emergency Medicine, Cairns Hospital and Hinterland Health Service

Dr Theodore Sklavos

qualifications: MBBS

contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript

position: Medical Registrar

Medical Registrar, Cairns Hospital and Hinterland Health Service

Dr Tim Cahill

qualifications: FACRRM

contribution: Acquisition of data

position: General Practitioner

Staff Specialist, Mareeba Hospital, Emergency, Mareeba, QLD, AUS

Dr Gregory Starmer

qualifications: FRACP

contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Consultant Cardiologist and Director of Cardiology

Staff Specialist Interventional Cardiologist, Cairns Hospital and Hinterland Health Service Director of Cardiology, Cairns Hospital and Hinterland Health Service

Dr John O'Neill

qualifications: FACEM

contribution: Acquisition of data

position: Consultant Emergency Physician

Clinical Lead Lifeflight Retrieval Medicine, Cairns Base, 12 Bush pilots Avenue, Aeroglen, 4870

Dr Robert Mitchell

qualifications: FACEM

contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Consultant Emergency Physician

Emergency Physician, Emergency & Trauma Centre, Alfred Health Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University