March 2005 Vol 7, No 2

Original Research

EM Advances

• Predicting intervention in renal colic patients after emergency department evaluation
  

  Linda Papa, MD CM, MSc, CCFP, FRCP, FACEP; Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc, FRCP; George A. Wells, PhD; Ian Ball, MD; Erica Battram, RN, ENCC; John E. Mahoney, MD, FRCS

• Treatment variability and outcome differences in the emergency department management of alcohol withdrawal
  

  Meldon Kahan, MD; Bjug Borgundvaag, MD, PhD; Deana Midmer, BSc, RN, EdD; Diane Borsoi, MSc; Carol Edwards, RN; Noor Ladhani, BSc, MD

• A survey to describe sleep-facilitating substances used by Canadian emergency physicians
  

  Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc; Lubomir Alexandrov, M Math

ED Administration

• Ontario's alternate funding arrangements for emergency departments: the impact on the emergency physician workforce
  

  Michael J. Schull, MD, MSc; Marian Vermeulen, MHSc

• Patients who leave the emergency department without being seen by a physician: a control-matched study
  

  Jose Monzon, PhD; Steven Marc Friedman, MD, MPH; Collin Clarke, BSc; Tamara Arenovich, MSc

CAEP Updates

CAEP Position Statements

• Use of Automated External Defibrillators for Children
• Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest

Knowledge Applied to Practice

Medical Mythology

• Myth: Atropine should be administered before succinylcholine for neonatal and pediatric intubation
  

  Bethany Fleming, BA, BS; Maureen McCollough, MD; Sean O. Henderson, MD

Diagnostic Challenge

• An unusual cause of shock after cardiac catheterization
  

  Tony Geoghegan, FFRRCSI; Faisal Khosa, FFRRCSI; Thara Persaud, MRCPI; David Mulcahy, MD, FRCPI; William C. Torreggiani, FFRRCSI, FFRRCS

• Answer
  

  Tony Geoghegan, FFRRCSI; Faisal Khosa, FFRRCSI; Thara Persaud, MRCPI; David Mulcahy, MD, FRCPI; William C. Torreggiani, FFRRCSI, FFRRCS

Case Reports

• Coronary artery occlusion following blunt chest trauma: a case report and review of the literature
  

  Gregory T. Guldner, MD, MS; Thomas D. Schilling, MPH

• Non-operative management of a high-pressure water injection injury to the hand
  

  Jaime T. Snarski, MD; Robert H. Birkhahn, MD

Letters

• Automatic external defibrillators
  
• The decay of CTAS
  

News

• University of Alberta creates Department of Emergency Medicine
• Vancouver EP becomes bestselling author