Kevin Mackway-Jones graduated in medicine form Oxford in 1981 and trained in Emergency Medicine. He was appointed Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK in 1993 and FAEM Professor of Emergency Medicine in 2001, a post he held until 2007. He is now Professor of Emergency Medicine at Manchester Metropolitan University and continues to consult at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. He is also Medical Director of the North West Ambulance Service, UK.

Competing Interests

Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?

Reimbursement for attending a symposium?
I was a member of the faculty of the Educational Initiative for Clotting and Bleeding in Trauma from 2007 to 2009; this was supported by an educational grant from NovoNordisk.

A fee for speaking?
No

A fee for organising education?
No

Funds for research?
No

Funds for a member of staff?
No

Fees for consulting?
No

Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?

Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation?
No

Do you have any other competing financial interests?
I am a Trustee of the Advanced Life support Group (Registered Charity Number 1095478) a not for profit organisation that organises education and training for healthcare providers in emergency situations.

I have no competing interests/I have the following competing interests.
None