July 2002 Vol 4, No 4

Original Research

EM Advances

• Can a universal influenza immunization program reduce emergency department volume?
  Dianne Groll, MSc; Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH
• Survey of pain etiology, management practices and patient satisfaction in two urban emergency departments
  Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH; Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH; Connie Chen, PharmD; Stephen Eder, MS, MPH; Kyle Wamstad
• Prospective evaluation of a guideline for the selective elimination of pre-reduction radiographs in clinically obvious anterior shoulder dislocation
  Michael Shuster, MD; Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc; Jeff Boyd, MB BS; Charles Gauthier, MD; Lance Shepherd, MD; Chris Turner, MD
• Major injury associated with all-terrain vehicle use in Nova Scotia: a 5-year review
  Aaron K. Sibley, BSc; John M. Tallon, MD

Education

• Clinical teaching in a busy emergency department: strategies for success
  Rick Penciner, MD

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Doit-on limiter les contacts entre les résidents et les représentants de compagnies pharmaceutiques?
  valuateur : Claude Topping, MD, CSPQ
• Goal-directed therapy in the emergency department of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
  Reviewed by: Jonathan Davidow, MD; Michael J. Bullard, MD

Diagnostic Challenge

• I haven't the faintest idea
  Kirk Hollohan, MD
• Answer
  Kirk Hollohan, MD

Editorials / Commentaries

• On a wing and a prayer: medical emergencies on board commercial aircraft
  Robert Drummond, MD CM; Alan J. Drummond, MD CM

Toxicology

• St. Patrick, the organic chemist and Sherlock Holmes meet in the emergency department: a case report
  Andrew H. Travers, MD; Terry Sosnowski, MD
• Hydrofluoric acid burn: a case report
  Roohi Qureshi, MD; Ronald House, MD; Eric Uhlig, MD; Leon Genesove, MD; D. Linn Holness, MD

Pharmacotherapy

• Review of the selective COX-2 inhibitors celecoxib and rofecoxib: focus on clinical aspects
  Peter S. Loewen, BSc (Pharm), Pharm D

Humour and Humanity

• Adventures at 35 000 feet
  Garth Dickinson, MD

Resident Issues

• Dr. Mom and Dr. Dad -- Issues in becoming a parent during residency
  Adam Lund, BSc, MD
• CAEP 2002: Residents' Section Awards
  Jonathan Davidow, MD

Letters

• Oxygen saturation: a crucial "vital sign" being neglected
  
• Ambulance diversion and ED overcrowding
  

News

• CAEP: What your dues do