Author
Carolina Camacho Ruiz, MD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital, State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine
Carolina Camacho Ruiz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Richard H Sinert, DO Professor of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Research Director, State University of New York College of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Vice-Chair in Charge of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center
Richard H Sinert, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
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.
Chief Editor
Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor, III, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Attending Physician / Clinical Instructor, Compliance Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health Richland Hospital
Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor, III, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, Columbia Medical Society, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians, South Carolina Medical Association
Disclosure: Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant or trustee for: Employed contractor - Chief Editor for Medscape.
Additional Contributors
Robert M McNamara, MD, FAAEM Chair and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine
Robert M McNamara, MD, FAAEM is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Kristin A Carmody, MD, RDMS, FACEP Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York University Medical School
Kristin A Carmody, MD, RDMS, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Yonatan Yohannes, MD Resident Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospital Center
Yonatan Yohannes, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
