**Author details**

Alex Alers<sup>1</sup> , Philip Salen<sup>2</sup> , Vikas Yellapu<sup>6</sup> , Manish Garg<sup>3</sup> , Charles Bendas<sup>1</sup> , Nicholas Cardiges<sup>4</sup> , Gregory Domer<sup>5</sup> , Timothy Oskin<sup>5</sup> , Jay Fisher<sup>5</sup> and Stanislaw P. Stawicki<sup>6</sup> \*

\*Address all correspondence to: stawicki.ace@gmail.com

1 Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Level I Regional Trauma Center, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

2 Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

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3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

4 Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

5 Heart and Vascular Center, Division of Vascular Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

6 Department of Research and Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
