Editorials/Commentaries
Editorial – Emergency medicine in Canada: a call to arms – James Ducharme, MD, CM*
Éditorial – La médecine d’urgence au Canada : un appel aux armes – James Ducharme, MD, CM*
Editorial – “Are you vaccinating your children?” – Kieran M. Moore, MD, MMS*
Éditorial – « Faites-vous vacciner vos enfants? » Kieran M. Moore, MD, MMS*
Original Research
EM Advances – Understanding hospital and emergency department congestion: an examination of inpatient admission trends and bed resources – Hannah J. Wong*†‡
EM Advances – The effectiveness of training with an emergency department simulator on medical student performance in a simulated disaster – Jeffrey Michael Franc-Law, MD, EMDM*†
EM Advances – Important returns on investment: an evaluation of a national research grants competition in emergency medicine – Jaime Bawden, BSc*†
EM Advances – Comparison of ibuprofen, cyclobenzaprine or both in patients with acute cervical strain: a randomized controlled trial – S. Mustafah Khwaja, DO
EM Advances – Interrater agreement of Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale scores assigned by base hospital and emergency department nurses – Clémence Dallaire, PhD*‡§
ED Administration – Applying the Lean principles of the Toyota Production System to reduce wait times in the emergency department – David Ng, MD
Knowledge to Practice
CJEM Journal Club – Pentastarch resuscitation in severe sepsis and septic shock – Reviewed by: Robert S. Green, BSc, MD;*
Diagnostic Challenge – Just another knee sprain? – James Webley, MD
Images – Hamman sign – Colin A. Graham, MD, MPH;*
Case Reports
Case Report – Discordant creatine kinase and cardiac troponin T in the workup of acute coronary syndrome – Jamil Kanji, MD, BSc(Hons);*
Case Report – An interesting presentation of pediatric tetanus – Brian E. Grunau, MD;*
Residents’ Corner
Residents’ Corner – Introducing emergency dental kits into Edmonton hospitals – Kevin Lobay, BSc, DMD, MD, GPR
Knowledge to Practice
Diagnostic Challenge – Answer – James Webley, MD
Letters
Letters – CJEM and Pharmaceutical Advertisements – Chris Evans, MD