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N Stuart Harris, MD, MFA, FACEP Chief, Division of Wilderness Medicine, Fellowship Director, MGH Wilderness Medicine Fellowship, Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

N Stuart Harris, MD, MFA, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society, International Society for Mountain Medicine

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Justin T Pitman, MD Attending EM Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Auburn Hospital; Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Justin T Pitman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Wilderness Medical Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.

Eddy S Lang, MDCM, CCFP(EM), CSPQ Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Canada

Eddy S Lang, MDCM, CCFP(EM), CSPQ is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Joe Alcock, MD, MS Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Joe Alcock, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Dan Danzl, MD Chair, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville Hospital

Dan Danzl, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, Kentucky Medical Association, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Wilderness Medical Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Thomas E Dietz, MD Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Sara W Nelson, MD Resident Physician, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital

Sara W Nelson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Medicine Residents Association, and Phi Beta Kappa

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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