Editorial
Editorial – Emergency department sedation guidelines: a tale of two specialties – Grant Innes, MD
EM Advances
EM Advances – Medical role of first responders in an urban prehospital setting – Ross Berringer, MD;*
Commentary
Commentary – Lumbar Puncture First? An old test and a new approach to lone acute sudden headaches – Michael J. Schull, MD
CJEM Journal Club
Critically Appraised Topics – Is the esophageal detector device or end-tidal CO2 measurement superior in confirming endotracheal tube placement? – Reviewed by David J. Rhine, MD
Selected Articles – Mannitol in head injuries – Reviewed by Michael J. Bullard, MD
Rural and Small Urban Issues
Rural and Small Urban Issues – Welcome from the editor – Jim Thompson, MD
Rural and Small Urban Issues – Confined-space accidents on the farm: the manure pit and the silo – Lisa G. Shepherd, MD
Case Report
Case Report – Malignant superior vena cava syndrome presenting after trauma – Laura A. Price, MD; *†
Case Report – Anticholinergic visual hallucinosis from atropine eye drops – Andrew G. Bishop, BSc
Controversies
Ultrasound in the emergency department – Emergency department ultrasound for the assessment of abdominal trauma: an overview – John Ross, MD
Controversies – Ultrasound in emergency medicine – James Ducharme, MD
Controversies – Ultrasound in the ED: a different point of view – Lyne Filiatrault, MD
Controversies – Emergency department ultrasound — practical and political – Ron Matthews, MD
Controversies – The ultrasound controversy – Bruce Campana, MD
Controversies – An ultrasound program for the emergency department – Urbain Ip, MD
Controversies – A radiologist’s perspective – Derrick McPhee, MD
Humour and Humanity
Humour and Humanity – Meditating on what we do – Harry Zeit, MD
Diagnostic Challenge
Diagnostic Challenge – The pain in the sprain, is mostly in the . . . – Kirk Hollohan, MD
Diagnostic Challenge – The pain in the sprain, is mostly in the . . . ANSWER – Kirk Hollohan, MD
International EM
International EM – The Royal Flying Doctor Service – Tia Renouf, MD
International EM – African hemorrhagic fever: Welcome to Marburg country – Garth Dickinson, MD
Resident Issues
Resident Issues – Building a national organization of future emergency medicine physicians – Jason R. Frank, MD