March 2008 Vol 10, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• The need for a national emergency health services database
  Sherry Kennedy, BHA(Hons), CCHRA(C);Wendy Young, PhD;Michael J. Schull, BA, MSc, MD;Winston Isaac, PhD
• The use of induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians
  Joel Kennedy, BScH;Robert S. Green, MD;Robert Stenstrom, MD, PhD;on behalf of the CAEP Critical Care Committee

ED Administration

• Implementation of an automated, real-time public health surveillance system linking emergency departments and health units: rationale and methodology
  Kieran M. Moore, MD;Bronwen L. Edgar, MHSc;Donald McGuinness, MA
• Revisions to the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity
  Michael J. Bullard, MD;Bernard Unger, MD;Julie Spence, MD, MSc;Eric Grafstein, MD;the CTAS National Working Group
• Révision des lignes directrices de l'Échelle canadienne de triage et de gravité (ÉTG) pour les adultes
  Michael J. Bullard, MD;Bernard Unger, MD;Julie Spence, MD, MSc;Eric Grafstein, MD;le groupe de travail national sur l'TG
• Revision of the Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) Presenting Complaint List Version 1.1
  Eric Grafstein, MD;Michael J. Bullard, MD;David Warren, MD;Bernard Unger, MD;the CTAS National Working Group
• Révision de la liste de raisons de consultation du Système canadien d'information de gestion des départements d'urgence (SIGDU), version 1.1
  Eric Grafstein, MD;Michael J. Bullard, MD;David Warren, MD;Bernard Unger, MD;le groupe de travail national sur l'TG

Pediatrics

• Test characteristics of neuroimaging in the emergency department evaluation of children for cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunction
  Ahmed Mater, MD; Manohar Shroff, MD;Sami Al-Farsi, MD;James Drake, MD;Ran D. Goldman, MD

Education

Pedagogical Tools and Methods

• Incorporation bias in studies of diagnostic tests: how to avoid being biased about bias
  Andrew Worster, MD, MSc;Christopher Carpenter, MD, MSc

Editorials / Commentaries

• Emergency medicine certification in Canada: the years march on but the questions remain the same
  Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc
• Formation en médecine d'urgence au Canada : les années passent, mais la question demeure
  Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MScS
• Emergency medicine training in Canada: learning from the past to prepare for the future
  Tim Rutledge, MD
• Formation en médecine d'urgence au Canada : tirer les leçons du passé pour préparer l'avenir
  Tim Rutledge, MD

Case Reports

• Bilateral pneumothoraces and pneumomediastinum complicating a generalized tonic-clonic seizure
  Helen Curran, MD;John Ross, MD