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Volume 10(4);  November 2009
Emergency Medical Services
Original Research
Factors Associated With False-Positive Emergency Medical Services Triage for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Pamela Yamamoto Swan, Beverly Nighswonger, Gregory L. Boswell, and Samuel J. Stratton
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 208–212.
PMCID: PMC2791717
Original Contribution
International Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship: Model Curriculum and Key Considerations for Establishment of an Innovative International Educational Program
Kristi L. Koenig, Tareg Bey, and Carl H. Schultz
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 213–219.
PMCID: PMC2791718
Journal Perspectives
Perspectives
CAL/ACEP Joins CAL/AAEM and UC Irvine in Sponsoring the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
William K. Mallon and Stuart P. Swadron
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 220–221.
PMCID: PMC2791719
Boarder Patrol: A Reform Policy for America’s Paralyzed Emergency Departments
Peter J. Bloomfied, Adam B. Landman, and Robert C. Rosenbloom
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 222–224.
PMCID: PMC2791720
International Contributions
Editorial
Promoting International Emergency Medicine through WestJEM
Mark I. Langdorf, Francesco Della Corte, and Roberta Petrino
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 225–226.
PMCID: PMC2791721
Original Research
Introducing a Clinical Practice Guideline Using Early CT in the Diagnosis of Scaphoid and Other Fractures
Steven Pincus, Merle Weber, Alex Meakin, Ross Breadmore, David Mitchell, Luke Spencer, Nathan Anderson, Phil Catterson, Steve Farish, and Jaycen Cruickshank
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 227–232.
PMCID: PMC2791722
Review Articles
Crowding and Delivery of Healthcare in Emergency Departments: The European Perspective
Namita Jayaprakash, Ronan O’Sullivan, Tareg Bey, Suleman S. Ahmed, and Shahram Lotfipour
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 233–239.
PMCID: PMC2791723
Paramedics’ Ability to Perform Drug Calculations
Kathryn J Eastwood, Malcolm J Boyle, and Brett Williams
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 240–243.
PMCID: PMC2791724
Case Reports
Lead Toxicity Resulting from Chronic Ingestion of Opium
Mohammad Jalili and Reza Azizkhani
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 244–246.
PMCID: PMC2791725
Thyroid Gland Hematoma After Blunt Neck Trauma
Baris Saylam, Bülent Çomçali, Mehmet Vasfi Ozer, and Faruk Coskun
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 247–249.
PMCID: PMC2791726
Images in Emergency Medicine
Chilaiditi’s Syndrome
Rosa F. McNamara, Stephen Cusack, and Patrick Hallihan
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 250.
PMCID: PMC2791727
Trauma/Critical Care
Orignal Research
Wound Botulism in Injection Drug Users: Time to Antitoxin Correlates with Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay
Steven R. Offerman, Melissa Schaefer, Joseph G. Thundiyil, Matthew D. Cook, and James F. Holmes
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 251–256.
PMCID: PMC2791728
Terrain Park Injuries
Craig Moffat, Scott McIntosh, Jade Bringhurst, Karen Danenhauer, Nathan Gilmore, and Christy L. Hopkins
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 257–262.
PMCID: PMC2791729
The Utility of Bedside Ultrasound in the Detection of a Ruptured Globe in a Porcine Model
Amit Chandra, Todd Mastrovitch, Heidi Ladner, Vincent Ting, Michael S. Radeos, and Sandeep Samudre
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 263–266.
PMCID: PMC2791730
Images in Emergency Medicine
Cervical Spine Fracture in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jennifer Carnell, Jahan Fahimi, and Charlotte Page Wills
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 267.
PMCID: PMC2791731
Neuro-Psychiatric
Orignal Research
Emergency Department Patients with Psychiatric Complaints Return at Higher Rates than Controls
Troy E. Madsen, Anne Bennett, Steven Groke, Anne Zink, Christy McCowan, Alex Hernandez, Stuart Knapp, Deepthi Byreddy, Scott Mattsson, and Nichole Quick
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 268–272.
PMCID: PMC2791732
Review Article
The Clinical Differentiation of Cerebellar Infarction from Common Vertigo Syndromes
James A. Nelson and Erik Viirre
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 273–277.
PMCID: PMC2791733
Genitourinary
Case Report
The Back Alley Revisited: Sepsis after Attempted Self-Induced Abortion
Teresa A Saultes, Diane Devita, and Jason D. Heiner
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 278–280.
PMCID: PMC2791734
Review Article
Non-Traumatic Urologic Emergencies in Men: A Clinical Review
Chad S Kessler and Julie Bauml
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 281–287.
PMCID: PMC2791735
Clinical Practice
Case Reports
Bilateral Psoas Abscess in the Emergency Department
Eric B. Tomich and David Della-Giustina
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 288–291.
PMCID: PMC2791736
Lidocaine Toxicity Misinterpreted as a Stroke
Benjamin Bursell, Richard M. Ratzan, and Alan J. Smally
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 292–294.
PMCID: PMC2791737
Molar Pregnancy in the Emergency Department
Lori Masterson, Shu B. Chan, and Bryan Bluhm
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 295–296.
PMCID: PMC2791738
Images in Emergency Medicine
Scrotal Swelling After Penetrating Chest Trauma
Jason D. Heiner, Elizabeth C Skeins, Diane DeVita, and Joseph S Litner
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 297.
PMCID: PMC2791739
Supraglottic Laryngeal Mass
Laura Andrews and Sean O. Henderson
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 298–299.
PMCID: PMC2791740
Non-Communicating Hydrocephalus
Keith J. Yablonicky and Stuart P. Swadron
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 300–301.
PMCID: PMC2791741
Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Severe Hyperkalemia
Clark Rosenberry, Franco Stone, and Kristine Kalbfleisch
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 302.
PMCID: PMC2791742
Ultrasound-Confirmed Frontal Bone Fracture
Jeremy N. Johnson, Daniel F. McBride, Steve Crandall, and Christopher Kang
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 303.
PMCID: PMC2791743
Non-traumatic Shoulder Dislocation
Jacob Manteuffel
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 304.
PMCID: PMC2791744
All That Wheezes Is Not Asthma
Andrew C. Miller, Rashid M. Rashid, and Elamin M. Elamin
West J Emerg Med. 2009 November; 10(4): 305–306.
PMCID: PMC2791745
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