Editorial
Invited Commentary – Management of alcohol withdrawal: time to “SHAKE” things up? – Bjug Borgundvaag, PhD, MD, CCFP (EM)
Commentary – The other pipeline: Securing the future of emergency medicine in Canada – Glen Bandiera, BASc, MD, MEd
Invited Commentary – Building capacity more important than adding to overburdened emergency departments – Marshall Ross, MD
Commentary
Commentary – Climate change and Canadian emergency medicine: Exploring alternative futures – Jason W. Fischer, MD
Regular Commentary – Cause and effect: A universal nonlinearity principle – Paul Atkinson, MB MA ORCID
CJEM Debate Series
CJEM Debate Series – #TPA should be the initial treatment in eligible patients presenting with an acute ischemic stroke – William Kenneth Milne, MD, MSc
Just the Facts
Just the Facts – Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and soft tissue abscess in the emergency department – Heather Murray, MD ORCID
Just the Facts – Hypertonic saline is just as good as (and probably better than) mannitol – Laurel Murphy, MD, FRCPC
Just the Facts – Organ donation in the emergency department: When you can’t save one, save eight – Jennifer Hancock, MD, FRCPC, CCM ORCID
Need to Know: CJEM Journal Club
Need To Know: CJEM Journal Club – Extending the window for thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke? – Ariel Hendin, MD
Need To Know: CJEM Journal Club – Is buddy taping as effective as plaster immobilization to manage adult boxer’s fractures? – Riley Golby, MD
Need To Know: CJEM Journal Club – Coronary angiography after cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation (COACT) – Andrew Guy, MD ORCID
Substance Use Disorder
Original Research – Benzodiazepine resistant alcohol withdrawal: What is the clinician’s preferred definition? – Hugo Langlois, PharmD, MSc ORCID
Original Research – Identification of emergency department patients for referral to rapid-access addiction services – Jessica Hann, MD ORCID
Original Research – Naloxone dosing in the era of ultra-potent opioid overdoses: a systematic review – Jessica Moe, MD MA MSc ORCID
CAEP Academic Symposium
CAEP Paper – CAEP 2019 Academic Symposium: Got competence? Best practices in trainee progress decisions – Warren J. Cheung, MD, MMEd, FRCPC ORCID
CAEP Paper – Harnessing the power of simulation for assessment: Consensus recommendations for the use of simulation-based assessment in emergency medicine – Andrew K. Hall, MD, MMEd ORCID
CAEP Paper – Outcomes in the age of competency-based medical education: Recommendations for emergency medicine training in Canada from the 2019 symposium of academic emergency physicians – Teresa M. Chan, MD, MHPE ORCID
Education
Original Research – A transparent and defensible process for applicant selection within a Canadian emergency medicine residency program – Quinten S. Paterson, MD
Original Research – Residents’ perspective of quality improvement and patient safety education in Canadian emergency medicine residency programs – Sachin V. Trivedi, MD, MScHQ
Health Services
Original Research – Emergency department use in people who experience imprisonment in Ontario, Canada – John Tuinema, MD
Original Research – Emergency department referrals from a provincial medical call centre: Is it more than just 1-800-go-to-emerg? – Jonathon Nataraj, BSc, MD
Original Research – Patient race, ethnicity, and care in the emergency department: A scoping review – Allison Owens, BA Hons ORCID
Case Reports
Clinical Correspondence – An unexpected birth: neonatal resuscitation following a vaginal delivery by an unsuspecting mother in the emergency department: a case report – Jonathan E.G. Taylor, MSc, MD
Clinical Correspondence – Ticked off: A case of a tick involving the lower eyelid – Kah Wai Lai
Humanity
Commentary – To listen is to understand – Jorden Arbour, MD
Commentary – Filling the gaps – Leo R. Carroll, MD, MSc