Editorial/Commentary
Editorial – The role of emergency physicians in tobacco cessation and British Columbia’s Smoking Cessation Program – Kai Wai Cheung, MD, MPH
Éditorial – Le rôle des urgentologues dans la désaccoutumance au tabac et le programme de lutte contre le tabagisme en Colombie-Britannique – Kai Wai Cheung, MD, MPH
Original Research
EMS – Computerized interpretation of the prehospital electrocardiogram: predictive value for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and impact on on-scene time – François de Champlain, MD*†‡
EM Advances – Development and validation of a prediction rule for early discharge of low-risk emergency department patients with potential ischemic chest pain – Frank Xavier Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc*
EM Advances – Derivation of a risk scale and quantification of risk factors for serious adverse events in adult emergency department syncope patients – Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy, MBBS, MSc*†‡
EM Advances – Can emergency physicians accurately rule out clinically important cervical spine injuries by using computed tomography? – Hendrik P. Van Zyl, MBChB, CCFP(EM)*
EM Advances – Cohort Study on the Prevalence and Risk Factors for Delayed Pulmonary Complications in Adults Following Minor Blunt Thoracic Trauma – Miville Plourde, MD, MSc*
Education
Education – Validity and reliability of an in-training evaluation report to measure the CanMEDS roles in emergency medicine residents – Aliya Kassam, PhD*
Knowledge to Practice
CJEM Journal Club – Epinephrine compared to placebo in cardiac arrest resuscitation – Tudor Botnaru, MD, CM*
CJEM Journal Club – Oral rivaroxaban for the treatment of symptomatic pulmonary embolism: are we ready? – Reviewed by Martin Kuuskne, MD, BHSc*
Images – Progressive bruising in an otherwise healthy child: immune thrombocytopenia purpura – Jason D. Heiner, MD*
Diagnostic Challenge – There will be an answer; let it bleed – Brian Deady, MD*
Case Report
Case Report – Lateral medullary syndrome: a diagnostic approach illustrated through case presentation and literature review – Gregory S. Day, MD, MSc*†
Case Report – ‘‘Bath salts’’ intoxication: a new recreational drug that presents with a familiar toxidrome – Christine Hall, MD*