January 2003 Vol 5, No 1

Original Research

EM Advances

• Canadian emergency department preparedness for a nuclear, biological or chemical event
  

  Daniel Kollek, MD

ED Administration

• Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) Presenting Complaint List (Version 1.0)
  

  Eric Grafstein, MD; Bernard Unger, MD; Michael Bullard, MD; Grant Innes, MD; for the Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) Working Group

CAEP Updates

CAEP Position Statements

• Steroids in acute spinal cord injury

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Diagnostic Challenge

• Stabbed
  

  Michael Wansbrough, MD, MSc (Epi), DTMH, DLSHTM

• Answer
  

  Michael Wansbrough, MD, MSc (Epi), DTMH, DLSHTM

International EM

• Is something better than nothing?
  

  Caroline Kowal, MD

Editorials / Commentaries

• Emergency department postexposure prophylaxis for HIV exposure
  
• Needlestick injuries and potential body fluid exposure in the emergency department
  

  A. Rebecca Mallin, MD; Douglas Sinclair, MD

• Should emergency departments offer postexposure prophylaxis for non-occupational exposure to HIV?
  

  Julie M. Spence, MD

• Risk Assessment Stratification Protocol (RASP) to help patients decide on the use of postexposure prophylaxis for HIV exposure
  

  Les Vertesi, MD, MHSc

Commentary

• Urban legends
  

  Jeffrey Eppler, MD

• Be Prepared: things my scoutmaster never told me
  

  Marco L.A. Sivilotti, MD, MSc, FACEP

Toxicology

• Antidote stocking in British Columbia hospitals
  

  Sean K. Gorman, BSc (Pharm), PharmD; Peter J. Zed, BSc (Pharm), PharmD; Roy A. Purssell, MD, ABMT;^, Jeffrey Brubacher, MD, ABMT; Gillian A. Willis, MPS, CSP

Case Reports

• Neurologically normal survival after fibrinolysis during prolonged cardiac arrest: case report and discussion
  

  Kevin Clark, MD; Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc; Peter J. Zed, BSc (Pharm), PharmD; Lois Graham, MD

Resident Issues

• Call for nominations

News

• CAEP Research Grants Competition:
  

  Eric Grafstein, MD

• Abstract Submission CAEP Annual Scientific Assembly June 14-17, 2003