WestJEM is the only print open access emergency medicine journal in the world without a submission fee that does not take copyright from the authors. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (WestJEM) is the official journal of the California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (CAL/AAEM) and the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (CAL/ACEP). WestJEM is now indexed in PubMed Central, Google Scholar, and now available in PubMed at www.pubmed.gov.
The Journal's purpose is to disseminate information to practicing emergency physicians regarding efficient and optimal delivery of emergency care, emphasizing emerging technologies. These include original research and review articles in:
- Optimal patient care through enhanced clinical decision-making, efficiency of evaluation and treatment, medical education and promotion of patient safety.
- The role of computers in the emergency department, including simulation and information transfer within and between health systems, and between patients and physicians.
- Injury prevention and population health.
- Clinical imaging
The Journal's goal is to be the premier open-access, peer-reviewed emergency medicine journal, drawing submissions from the Western United States and Western Hemisphere, and providing an English language forum for developing emergency care systems throughout the world.
Current Issue, Volume 10, Issue 4, 2009
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Factors Associated With False-Positive Emergency Medical Services Triage for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Yamamoto Swan, Pamela BA, Nighswonger, Beverly RN, Boswell, Gregory L RN, Stratton, Samuel J. MD, MPH
International Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship: Model Curriculum and Key Considerations for Establishment of an Innovative
International Educational Program
Koenig, Kristi L MD, Bey, Tareg MD, Schultz, Carl H MD
CAL/ACEP Joins CAL/AAEM and UC Irvine in Sponsoring the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Mallon, William K. MD, Swadron, Stuart P MD
Boarder Patrol: A Reform Policy for America’s Paralyzed Emergency Departments
Bloomfield, Peter J MD, MPH, Landman, Adam B MD, MS, MIS, Rosenbloom, Robert C. MD
The Role of WestJEM in Promoting International Emergency Medicine
Langdorf, Mark I. MD, MHPE, Della Corte, Francesco MD, Petrino, Roberta MD
Introducing a Clinical Practice Guideline Using Early CT in the Diagnosis of Scaphoid and Other Fractures
Pincus, Steven, Weber, Merle, Meakin, Alex, Breadmore, Ross, Mitchell, DavidSpencer, Luke et al.
Crowding and Delivery of Healthcare in Emergency Departments: The European Perspective
Jayaprakash, Namita MB BCh, BAO, O'Sullivan, Ronan MB BCh, Bey, Tareg MD, Ahmed, Suleman S BS, BA, Lotfipour, Shahram MD,
MPH
Paramedics’ Ability to Perform Drug Calculations
Eastwood, Kathyrn J BNurs, BSc, Boyle, Mal J PhD, Williams, Brett MSc
Lead Toxicity Resulting from Chronic Ingestion of Opium
Jalili, Mohammad MD, Azizkhani, Reza MD
Thyroid Gland Hematoma After Blunt Neck Trauma
Saylam, Baris MD, Comcali, Bulent MD, Ozer, Mehmet Vasfi MD, Coskun, Faruk MD
Chilaiditi’s Syndrome
McNamara, Rosa F, Cusack, Stephen, Hallihan, Patrick
Wound Botulism in Injection Drug Users: Time to Antitoxin Correlates with Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay
Offerman, Steven R. MD, Schaefer, Melissa MD, Thundiyil, Joseph G MD, MPH, Cook, Matthew D, Holmes, James F MD, MPH
Terrain Park Injuries
Moffat, Craig, McIntosh, Scott MD, MPH, Bringhurst, Jade MD, Danenhauer, Karen MD, Gilmore, Nathan MDHopkins, Christy L MD,
MPH
The Utility of Bedside Ultrasound in the Detection of a Ruptured Globe in a Porcine Model
Chandra, Amit MD, Mastrovitch, Todd MD, Ladner, Heidi MD, Ting, Vincent, Radeos, Michael S MDSamudre, Sandeep PhD, MPH
Cervical Spine Fracture in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Carnell, Jennifer MD, Fahimi, Jahan MD, Wills, Charlotte Page MD
Emergency Department Patients with Psychiatric Complaints Return at Higher Rates than Controls
Madsen, Troy E., Bennett, Anne, Groke, Steven, Zink, Anne, McCowan, ChristyHernandez, Alex et al.
The Clinical Differentiation of Cerebellar Infarction from Common Vertigo Syndromes
Nelson, James A MD, Viirre, Erik
The Back Alley Revisited: Sepsis after Attempted Self-Induced Abortion
Saultes, Teresa A, Devita, Diane, Heiner, Jason D
Non-Traumatic Urologic Emergencies in Men: A Clinical Review
Kessler, Chad S MD, Bauml, Julie
Bilateral Psoas Abscess in the Emergency Department
Tomich, Eric B DO, Della-Giustina, David MD
Lidocaine Toxicity Misinterpreted as a Stroke
Bursell, Benjamin, Smally, Alan J, Ratzan, Richard M
Molar Pregnancy in the Emergency Department
Masterson, Lori MD, Chan, Shu B. MD, MS, Bluhm, Bryan MD
Scrotal Swelling After Penetrating Chest Trauma
Heiner, Jason D, Skeins, Elizabeth C, DeVita, Diane, Litner, Joseph S
Supraglottic Laryngeal Mass
Andrews, Laura, Henderson, Sean O MD
Non-Communicating Hydrocephalus
Yablonicky, Keith J MD, Swadron, Stuart P MD
Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Severe Hyperkalemia
Rosenberry, Clark MD, Stone, Franco NREMT-P, Kalbfleisch, Kristine MD
Ultrasound-Confirmed Frontal Bone Fracture
Johnson, Jeremy N DO, Crandall, Stephen MD, Kang, Christopher S MD
Non-traumatic Shoulder Dislocation
Manteuffel, Jacob MD
All That Wheezes Is Not Asthma
Miller, Andrew C. MD, Rashid, Rashid M MD, PhD, Elamin, Elamin M MD, MSc
President’s Message
Lim, Ingrid
Perspective on Emergency Medical Services in Bali
Lieser, Alexis MD
“Children Are Not Little Adults!”
Williams, Joanne
Western Regional Emergency Medicine Student Symposium
Joseph, Daniel A BA, Fernandez, Jorge MD