Editorial/Commentary
Editorial/Commentary – A New Chapter for CJEM – Ian Stiell, MD, MSc
Editorial/Commentary – Evidence-based medicine in the era of social media: Scholarly engagement through participation and online interaction – Teresa Chan, HBSc, BEd, MD, MHPE
Editorial/Commentary – The case for quality improvement in emergency medicine – Shawn Mondoux, BEng, MD, MSc
Editorial/Commentary – Crowding, Karenina, and Complexity: Patient Flow in Evolving Health Care Ecosystems – David A. Petrie, MD
CJEM Debate Series – CJEM Debate Series: #Copayment – Medical insurance is for non-routine events – Geoffrey J. Hoffman, PhD
Clinical Research – Pain/Opioids
Original Research – The simple query “Do you want more pain medication?” is not a reliable way to assess acute pain relief in patients in the emergency department – Jean-Marc Chauny, MD, MSc
Original Research – The impact of opioid medications on subsequent fractures in discharged emergency department patients with peripheral vertigo – Keerat Grewal, MD
Original Research – Systematic review of the use of low-dose ketamine for analgesia in the emergency department – Gauri Ghate,cMD
Original Research – Emergency physicians’ attitudes and perceived barriers to the implementation of take-home naloxone programs in Canadian emergency departments – Lauren Lacroix, MD
Clinical Research – Resuscitation
Original Research – Do neighbourhoods in Vancouver and surrounding areas demonstrate different rates of bystander CPR and survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? – David Barbic, MD, MSc
Original Research – Factors infl uencing the intentions of nurses and respiratory therapists to use automated external defibrillators during in-hospital cardiac arrest: a qualitative interview study – Jessica Andrews, BSc, MD
Original Research – The effect of step stool use and provider height on CPR quality during pediatric cardiac arrest: A simulation-based multicentre study – Adam Cheng, MD
Clinical Research – Pediatrics
CJEM Journal Club
CJEM Journal Club – Creating opioid dependence in the emergency department – Suneel Upadhye, MD, MSc
Quality Improvement
Original Research – Quality improvement primer part 1: Preparing for a quality improvement project in the emergency department – Lucas B. Chartier, MDCM, MPH
Original Research – Factors associated with failure of emergency wait-time targets for high acuity discharges and intensive care unit admissions – Ivy Cheng, MD, MSc, PhD
Education
Resident Issues – A writer’s guide to education scholarship: Quantitative methodologies for medical education research (part 1) – Brent Thoma, MD, MA, MSc
Original Research – Simulation in Canadian postgraduate emergency medicine training – a National Survey – Evan Russell, MSc
Education – Teaching diagnostic reasoning: using simulation and mixed practice to build competence – Heather Murray, MD, MSc
Images
Knowledge to Practice – An unusual case of exertional dyspnea: Atrial myxoma on point-of-care ultrasound – Derek J. Murray, MD
Methodology
Methodology – Text messaging research participants as a follow-up strategy to decrease emergency department study attrition – Catherine Varner, MD, MSc