The steering committee for the project was chaired by Ronald F. Maio, DO (University of Michigan), also the principal investigator. Other steering committee members included Herbert Garrison, MD (East Carolina University), and Daniel Spaite, MD (University of Arizona), co-principal investigators. Other project staff from the University of Michigan on the steering committee included Jeffrey Desmond, MD, co-investigator; and Mary Ann Gregor, MHSA, project coordinator. Consultants on the project and their representative specialties included: Gene Cayten, M.D., Institute for Trauma and Emergency Care, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY (Trauma and Emergency Surgery); John Chew, EMSSTAR Group, Annapolis, MD (EMS Policy); Ellen MacKenzie, Ph.D., School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (Health Services Research); Ian Stiell, M.D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario (EMS Research); Patricia O'Malley, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, and Emergency Medical Services for Children, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA (Pediatric Emergency Medicine); and David Miller, M.B.A., Allina Health System, St. Paul, MN (Paramedicine).