March 2010 Vol 12, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• Effect of online medical control on prehospital Code Stroke triage
  Aikta Verma, MD; David J. Gladstone, MD, PhD; Jiming Fang, MSc, PhD; Jordan Chenkin, MD; Sandra E. Black, MD; P. Richard Verbeek, MD
• Evaluation of the Prehospital Index, presence of high-velocity impact and judgment of emergency medical technicians as criteria for trauma triage
  Andr Lavoie, PhD; Marcel mond, MD, MSc; Lynne Moore, PhD; Stphanie Camden, MSc; Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD
• Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest surveillance in Canada: a survey of national resources
  Christian Vaillancourt, MD, MSc; Manya Charette, MSc; Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc; Karin R. Phillips, BA, MA; George A. Wells, PhD
• Derivation of a clinical decision rule for chest radiography in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome
  Erik P. Hess, MD; Jeffrey J. Perry, MD, MSc; Pam Ladouceur, RN; George A. Wells, PhD; Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc

Education

Faculty Development

• Mentoring in emergency medicine: the art and the evidence
  Marianne Yeung, MD, FCFP; Janet Nuth, MD; Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc

State of the Art

Review Articles

• Comparison of tracheal intubation and alternative airway techniques performed in the prehospital setting by paramedics: a systematic review
  Jan L. Jensen, ACP, BSc; Ka Wai Cheung, MD; John M. Tallon, MD, MSc; Andrew H. Travers, MD, MSc

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Quantitative resuscitation in sepsis
  Reviewed by: Catherine Patocka, MDCM; Joel Turner, MDCM; Eddy Lang, MDCM

Medical Mythology

• Myth: Ketamine should not be used as an induction agent for intubation in patients with head injury
  Yevgeny Filanovsky, MD; Philip Miller, MD; Jesse Kao, MD

Case Reports

• Seizures induced by recreational abuse of bupropion tablets via nasal insufflation
  Daniel Kim, MD; Brian Steinhart, MD

Letters

• Integration of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Emergency Departments