Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine articles from May 2006

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine archives from May 2006

Calendar/Calandrier.
May 1, 2006... CAEP 2006 Roadshows AIME: Airway Interventions & Management Education Halifax, NS [prior to ICEM 2006] June 2 & 3 Quebec City [prior to FMF] Oct. 31-Nov. 1 EDTU--ED Targeted...

Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning.(Letters/Courrier)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... To the Editors: Silver and colleagues' (1) Journal Club article addressed the question: "Should hyperbaric oxygen be used for carbon monoxide poisoning?" Except for consideration of Weaver and cohorts' landmark article in the New England...

Corrections.(Letters/Courrier)(Correction notice)
May 1, 2006... In the Original Research/Advances article by Campbell and colleagues (1) in the March issue of CJEM, the caption for Appendix 2 (p. 93) was inadvertently omitted. The caption is as follows: Appendix 2. Dedicated PSA patient care record to...

Patient expectations of emergency department care: phase II--a cross-sectional survey.(Advances)
May 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Objectives: To explore emergency department (ED) patient expectations regarding staff communication with patients, wait times, the triage process and information management. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional...

Impact of a pressure-responsive flow-limiting valve on bag-valve-mask ventilation in an airway model.(Advances)
May 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Objective: Using a simulated airway model, we compared ventilation performance by emergency medical services (EMS) providers using a traditional bag-valve-mask (Easy Grip[R]) resuscitator to their performance when using a new...

Chest pain in emergency department patients: if the pain is relieved by nitroglycerin, is it more likely to be cardiac chest pain?(Advances)
May 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Introduction: It is often believed that chest pain relieved by nitroglycerin is indicative of coronary artery disease origin. Objective: To determine if relief of chest pain with nitroglycerin can be used as a diagnostic test...

Emergency department targeted ultrasound: 2006 update/ Echographie ciblee a l'urgence: mise a jour 2006.(CAEP Position Statement/Declaration de position de l'ACMU)
May 1, 2006... Introduction Emergency department targeted ultrasound (EDTU) is a proven aid in the evaluation and treatment of emergency patients with a variety of medical and traumatic conditions. Immediate access to bedside EDTU enhances patient...

The South Asian earthquake: an emergency physician's perspective. (International EM/MU internationale).
May 1, 2006... On Oct. 8, 2005, at approximately 0850 hours, local time, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. The epicentre was located near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, 100 km NE of Islamabad. The...