January 2009 Vol 11, No 1

Original Research

EM Advances

• Reaction in Ontario to Bill 110: Canada's first mandatory gunshot wound reporting law
  Howard Ovens, MD;Hannah Park, BSc;Bjug Borgundvaag, PhD, MD
• Association of injury mechanism with the risk of cervical spine fractures
  Wendy L. Thompson, MSc;Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc;Catherine M. Clement, RN;Robert J. Brison, MD, MPH;for the Canadian C-Spine Rule Study Group
• Validity of the Canadian Paediatric Triage and Acuity Scale in a tertiary care hospital
  Jocelyn Gravel, MD, MSc; Sergio Manzano, MD; Michael Arsenault, MD
• Impact of a rapid access protocol on decreasing door-to-balloon time in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction
  Jaelyn M. Caudle, MD; Zoe Piggott, MD;Suzanne Dostaler, MSc;Karen Graham, MD; Robert J. Brison, MD
• Refinement of the Quebec decision rule for radiography in shoulder dislocation
  Marcel mond, MD, MSc;Natalie Le Sage, MD, MSc;Andr Lavoie, PhD;Lynne Moore, MSc
• Use of personal protective equipment during infectious disease outbreak and nonoutbreak conditions: a survey of emergency medical technicians
  Laura M. Visentin, MSc;Susan J. Bondy, PhD;Brian Schwartz, MD;Laurie J. Morrison, MD, MSc

Education

Original Research Related to CME

• A prospective study of students' and instructors' opinions on Advanced Cardiac Life Support course teaching methods
  James Stempien, MD;Martin Betz, MD

CAEP Updates

• CAEP Position Statement on Gun Control
  Carolyn E. Snider, MD, MPH;Howard Ovens, MD;Alan Drummond, MDCM;^!Atul K. Kapur, MD, MSc
• Énoncé de position de l'ACMU sur le contrôle des armes à feu
  Carolyn E. Snider, MD, MPH; Howard Ovens, MD; Alan Drummond, MDCM^!; Atul K. Kapur, MD, MSc

Editorials / Commentaries

• Public risk from tasers: Unacceptably high or low enough to accept?
  Christine A. Hall, MD, MSc
• Les pistolets Taser, un risque inacceptablement élevé ou suffisamment bas pour être acceptable?
  Christine A. Hall, MD, MSc

Case Reports

• Ophthalmic injuries from a TASER
  Jay S. Han, BSc (Hons);Anil Chopra, MD;David Carr, MD
• Glycyrrhizic acid toxicity caused by consumption of licorice candy cigars
  Christine Johns, MD

Humour and Humanity

• The Room
  Karen A. Thompson, LMSW

Residents' Corner

• Health advocacy in emergency medicine: a resident's perspective
  Jatina Lai, MD

Radical Departure

• Triage: Going full circle? Hopefully
  Dilip J. DaCruz, MD