March 2003 Vol 5, No 2
Original Research
ED Administration
- Understanding the causes of overcrowding in emergency departments in the Capital Health Region in Alberta: a focus group study
Angela Estey, MA, BN; Kathleen Ness, RD, MPH; L. Duncan Saunders, MB BCh, PhD; Arif Alibhai, BSc, MHSA; Robert A. Bear, MD
Pediatrics
- Wrist buckle fractures: a survey of current practice patterns and attitudes toward immobilization
Amy Plint, MD; Tammy Clifford, PhD; Jeff Perry, MD, MSc; Blake Bulloch, MD; Martin Pusic, MD, MA; Amina Lalani, MD; Samina Ali, MD; Bich Hong Nguyen, MD; Gary Joubert, MD; Kelly Millar, MD
Education
Pedagogical Tools and Methods
- Ethical challenges of informed consent in prehospital research
James Thompson, MD
State of the Art
- West Nile virus -- Canada's index case
Norman L. Epstein, MD
CAEP Updates
CAEP Position Statements
- Access to acute care in the setting of emergency department overcrowding
- Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS): Rural Implementation Statement
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada Emergency committee (SRPC-ER) Working Group
Knowledge Applied to Practice
Medical Mythology
- Medical Mythology: an introduction to a new section
Garth Dickinson, MD
- Medical myth: Bimanual pelvic examination is a reliable decision aid in the investigation of acute abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding
Todd Brown, MD; Mel E. Herbert, MD, MB BS, BMed(Sci), FACEP
Diagnostic Challenge
- Owner of a broken heart?
Peter G. Katis, MD; Solange M. Dias, BSc, EMCA, BScN, RN
- Answer
Peter G. Katis, MD; Solange M. Dias, BSc, EMCA, BScN, RN
International EM
- When the differential diagnosis of fever is malaria, malaria, malaria …
Michael Y. Woo, MD
Commentary
- Your cheatin' heart
Bjug Borgundvaag, PhD, MD
Case Reports
- Posterior myocardial infarction with isolated ST elevations in V8 and V9: Is this an "ST elevation MI"?
Lance Brown, MD, MPH; Jessica Sims, MD; Alessandra Conforto, MD
Humour and Humanity
- Abstrick of the month
Brewer P, Vadeboncoeur A.
Resident Issues
- Do's and don'ts of emergency medicine: a primer for residents
Eric Letovsky, MD
