January 2011 Vol 13, No 1

Original Research

EM Advances

• Patient safety in emergency medical services: executive summary and recommendations from the Niagara Summit
  Blair L. Bigham, MSc, ACPf; Ellen Bull, BScN, MAEd; Merideth Morrison, ACP; Rob Burgess, ACP; Janet Maher, PhD║; Steven C. Brooks, MD, MSc#; Laurie J. Morrison, MD, MSc on behalf of the Pan-Canadian Patient Safety in EMS Advisory Group
• Emergency physicians' management of transient ischemic attack and desired sensitivity of a clinical decision rule for stroke in three countries
  Jeffrey J. Perry, MD, MSc; Reena Goindi, MD; Jamie Brehaut, PhD; Monica Taljaard, PhD; Sandra Schneider, MD; Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc
• Esophageal coin removal by emergency physicians: a continuous quality improvement project incorporating rapid sequence intubation
  Rishi Bhargava, MD; Lance Brown, MD, MPH

Pediatrics

• Using cervical spine clearance guidelines in a pediatric population: a survey of physician practices and opinions
  Emma C. Burns, BSc, MD; Natalie L. Yanchar, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Education

• Integrating CanMEDS competencies into global health electives: an innovative elective program
  Rahim Valani, MD, M Med Ed; Abi Sriharan, MSc, DPhil (c); Dennis Scolnik, MB, ChB

Key Questions for Training and Practice

• How do I effectively use electronic continuing medical education?
  Stuart P. Swadron, MD; Mel Herbert, MBBS, BMedSci

Community EM

• Predictors of pandemic influenza infection in adults presenting to two urban emergency departments, Toronto, 2009
  Todd C. Lee, BSc, MD; Linda R. Taggart, MD; Barbara Mater, RN, BA; Kevin Katz, MD, MSc; Allison McGeer, MD, MSC

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Should emergency physicians use etomidate for rapid sequence intubation?
  Reviewed by: Carolyn Kelly-Smith, MD; Corinne Hohl, MD, FRCP

Case Reports

• Pseudoaneurysm formation following a traumatic wrist laceration
  Naveen Poonai, MD; Rodrick Lim, MD; Tim Lynch, MD
• Cough Syrup Psychosis
  Alfred Amaladoss, MBChB; Simon O'Brien, MD, FRCPC
• Penetrating craniofacial trauma from a vice clamp: case report and discussion
  Colleen Kjelland, BScN, MD; Warren Thirsk, MD
• Asymptomatic pulmonary embolus masquerading as acute anteroseptal myocardial infarction
  Jeanne Noble, MD, MA; Amandeep Singh, MD