April 2001 Vol 3, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• Emergency physicians' attitudes toward a clinical prediction rule for the identification and early discharge of low risk patients with chest discomfort
  Cameron K. MacGougan, BSc; James M. Christenson, MD; Grant D. Innes, MD; Janet Raboud, PhD
• Clinical diagnosis of clavicle fractures: a pilot study
  Jim Landine, MD; Robert McGraw, MD; William Pickett, PhD

Education

• Motivations for a career in emergency medicine: a profile of the 1996 US applicant pool
  Amin Antoine Kazzi, MD; Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE; Delaram Ghadishah, MD; Neal Handly, MD

CAEP Updates

CAEP Position Statements

• Joint Position Statement on emergency department overcrowding
• Déclaration de position conjointe sur l'encombrement des urgences

CAEP Abstracts

• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Oral Abstract Presentation Schedule
• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Oral Presentations: 1-14
• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Oral Presentations: 15-29
• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Oral Presentations: 30-44
• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 45-59
• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 60-74
• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Poster Presentations: 75-93
• CAEP/ACMU 2001 Scientific Abstracts - Author Index

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Diagnostic Challenge

• Not tonight, Dear
  Kirk Hollohan, MD
• Answer
  Kirk Hollohan, MD

International EM

• A survey of emergency medicine in 36 countries
  Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD; Garth Dickinson, MD, FRCPC; Ming-Che Tsai, MD; David Han, MPH
• A survey of emergency medicine in 36 countries (page ii)
  Jeffrey L. Arnold, MD; Garth Dickinson, MD, FRCPC; Ming-Che Tsai, MD; David Han, MPH

Case Reports

• Incidental findings during emergency sonographic examinations: a case series
  John L. Kendall, MD; Diku Mandavia, MD

Humour and Humanity

• Knowing when it's time to go
  Vincent Hanlon, MD

Letters

• Gastrointestinal contamination
  

President's Letter

• A first shot in the war on emergency department overcrowding
  Douglas Sinclair, MD
• Première offensive dans la guerre contre l'encombrement des urgences
  Douglas Sinclair, MD

Erratum

• An apology to Dr. Cheng

News

• Announcing the 2001 winners of the CAEP awards
  
• What's new at CAEP.ca