Joint Position Statement
Joint Position Statement – Access to acute care in the setting of emergency department overcrowding – Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and the National Emergency Nurses Affiliation
ED Administration
ED Administration –Understanding the causes of overcrowding in emergency departments in the Capital Health Region in Alberta: a focus group study – Angela Estey, MA, BN*
Pediatric EM
Pediatric EM – Wrist buckle fractures: a survey of current practice patterns and attitudes toward immobilization – Amy Plint, MD*
State of the Art
State of the Art – West Nile virus — Canada’s index case – Norman L. Epstein, MD
Joint Statement
Joint Statement – Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS): Rural Implementation Statement – Society of Rural Physicians of Canada Emergency committee (SRPC-ER) Working Group*
Methodology: The Science of EM
Methodology: The Science of EM – Ethical challenges of informed consent in prehospital research – James Thompson, MD
Case Reports
Case Report – Posterior myocardial infarction with isolated ST elevations in V8 and V9: Is this an “ST elevation MI”? – Lance Brown, MD, MPH*†
Medical Mythology
Medical Mythology – Medical Mythology: an introduction to a new section – Garth Dickinson, MD
Medical Mythology – Medical myth: Bimanual pelvic examination is a reliable decision aid in the investigation of acute abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding – Todd Brown, MD*
Diagnostic Challenge
Diagnostic Challenge – Owner of a broken heart? – Peter G. Katis, MD*
Diagnostic Challenge – Owner of a broken heart? ANSWER – Peter G. Katis, MD*
Commentary
Commentary – Your cheatin’ heart – Bjug Borgundvaag, PhD, MD
International EM
International EM – When the differential diagnosis of fever is malaria, malaria, malaria . . . – Michael Y. Woo, MD
Resident Issues
Resident Issues – Do’s and don’ts of emergency medicine: a primer for residents – Eric Letovsky, MD
Human and Humanity
Humour and Humanity – Abstrick of the month – Brewer P*
Media Review
Media Review – Atlas of Emergency Medicine. 2nd ed. Knoop KJ, Stack L, Storrow A, editors. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. $293. 705 pp. ISBN 0-07-135294-5 – Julian Marsden, MD