November 2004 Vol 6, No 6

Original Research

EM Advances

• Lack of consensus on corneal abrasion management: results of a national survey
  

  Lisa Calder, MD; Sowmya Balasubramanian, MSc; Ian Stiell, MD, MSc

• Focused abdominal ultrasound for blunt trauma in an emergency department without advanced imaging or on-site surgical capability
  

  Michael Shuster, MD; Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc; Jeff Boyd, MB BS; Charles Gauthier, MD; Sandra Mergler, MD; Lance Shepherd, MD; Chris Turner, MD

• Laryngoscopic views during rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department
  Colin A. Graham, MPH, FRCSEd, FRCSGlasg, FFAEM; Angela J. Oglesby, FRCSEd FFAEM; Diana Beard, MBA; Dermot W. McKeown, FRCA FRCSEd

ED Administration

• Revisions to the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale Implementation Guidelines
  

  Michael Murray, MD; Michael Bullard, MD; Eric Grafstein, MD; for the CTAS and CEDIS National Working Groups

Pediatrics

• Pediatric wrist buckle fractures: Should we just splint and go?
  

  Amy C. Plint, MD; Jeffrey J. Perry, MD, MSc; Jennifer L.Y. Tsang, MD

• Cardiac concussion (commotio cordis)
  

  Rahim Valani, MD; Angelo Mikrogianakis, MD; Ran D. Goldman, MD

• The removal of coins from the upper esophageal tract of children by emergency physicians: a pilot study
  

  Edward J. Vargas, MD; Ameer P. Mody, MD; Tommy Y. Kim, MD; T. Kent Denmark, MD; James A. Moynihan, DO, MS; Besh B. Barcega, MD; Aqeel Khan, MD; Robin T. Clark, BS; Lance Brown, MD, MPH

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Journal Club

• Do femoral nerve blocks improve acute pain control in adults with isolated hip fractures?
  

  Reviewed by: Katrina Hurley, MD

Medical Mythology

• Pyloric stenosis
  

  James E. Colletti, MD

Diagnostic Challenge

• Go to bed, sleepy head
  

  Peter G. Katis, MD

• Answer
  

  Peter G. Katis, MD

Commentary

• Mandating automated external defibrillators in schools: Fire, ready, aim!
  Department of Emergency Medicine, Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, Calif.

Humour and Humanity

• Finding balance
  

  Mary Jane Thorne, MD

Letters

• ED overcrowding
  
• ESI and CTAS
  

CAEP Administration

• Abstract Submission CAEP Annual Scientific Assembly May 28 - June 1, 2005
• Présentation de résumés de recherche Assemblée scientifique annuelle de l'ACMU Du 28 mai au 1er juin 2005
• Peer Reviewers
• CJEM Subject Index
• CJEM Author Index