The Journal of Emergency Medicine

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Stephen R. Hayden, MD, University of California at San Diego (UCSD)

FOUNDING EDITOR: Peter Rosen, MD, Harvard University
SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Gary Vilke, MD, University of California, San Diego,
Robert Rodriguez, MD, University of California, San Francisco, Michael Witting, MD, MS, University of Maryland,
Lisa Mills, MD, University of California at Davis (UCD), Lynn Roppolo, MD, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: George Sternbach, MD, Stanford University, Susan R. Wilcox, MD, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Aaron N. Leetch, MD, University of Arizona, Michael P. Wilson, MD, PhD, University of Arkansas,
Kama Guluma, MD, University of California, San Diego
TECHNICAL REVIEW EDITOR: Martha C. Martell, MS, University of California, San Diego
EDITORIAL MANAGER: Terrie Best, University of California
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW EDITOR: Marina Hayden, RN, University of California, San Diego
SECTION EDITORS Emergency Radiology Clinical Laboratory in Emergency Public Health in Emergency
Original Contributions J. Christian Fox, MD Medicine Medicine
Jacob Ufberg, MD Orange, CA David A. Jerrard, MD Jonathan Olshaker, MD
Philadelphia, PA Critical Care Baltimore, MD Boston, MA
Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD, MS Gabriel Wardi, MD, MPH Pharmacology in Emergency Violence: Recognition,
New Orleans, LA La Jolla, CA Medicine Management, and Prevention
Melissa A. Platt, MD Joseph Varon, MD Binh Ly, MD Ellen H. Taliaferro, MD
Louisville, KY Houston, TX San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA
Clinical Communications: Jarrod Mosier, MD Trauma Reports Ethics
Adults Tucson, AZ Eric Legome, MD John Jesus, MD
Erik D. Barton, MD, MS Sports Medicine New York, NY Newark, DE
Salt Lake City, UT Prentice Steffen, MD Kaushal Shah, MD Humanities and Medicine
Thomas O. Stair, MD Santa Cruz, CA Forest Hills, NY Richard M. Ratzan, MD
Boston, MA Wound Care Harvard Case Presentations West Hartford, CT
Clinical Communications: Davut J. Savaser, MD Eric S. Nadel, MD AAEM Clinical Practice
Pediatrics San Diego, CA Boston, MA Gary Vilke, MD
Dale P. Woolridge, MD, PhD Psychiatric Emergencies Visual Diagnosis in Emergency San Diego, CA
Tucson, AZ Michael P. Wilson, MD, PhD Medicine Medical Student Forum
Paul Ishimine, MD Little Rock, AR Mark Silverberg, MD Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH
San Diego, CA Rachel Lipson Glick, MD Brooklyn, NY Orange, CA
Clinical Communications: OB/GYN Ann Arbor, MI Dustin B. Williams, MD Brief Reports
Colleen Campbell, MD Neurological Emergencies Dallas, TX Joshua W. Joseph, MD, MS
San Diego, CA Kama Guluma, MD Alicia Minns, MD Boston, MA
Selected Topics: San Diego, CA San Diego, CA Jay A. Menaker, MD
Toxicology Oncologic Emergencies Medical Classics Baltimore, MD
Kenneth Kulig, MD Christopher J. Coyne, MD, MPH George Sternbach, MD Clinical Reviews in Emergency
Denver, CO San Diego, CA Stanford, CA Medicine
Richard F. Clark, MD Kumar Alagappan, MD Education Joseph P. Martinez, MD
San Diego, CA Houston, TX Dick Kuo, MD Baltimore, MD
Prehospital Care Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine Houston, TX Salvatore Vicario, MD
David Slattery, MD David H. Adler, MD, MPH Leslie Oyama, MD Louisville, KY
Las Vegas, NV Rochester, NY San Diego, CA Critically Appraised Topics
The Difficult Airway Anthony J. Medak, MD Administration of Emergency Faith Quenzer, DO
Daniel P. Davis, MD San Diego, CA Medicine/ED Operations San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA Online Contributions Shoma Desai, MD Resident Perspectives
Aeromedical Emergencies Coordinated by: Los Angeles, CA Katherine Seebald, MD
Christian Sloane, MD J. Christian Fox, MD Christian Tomaszewski, MD, MS, MBA Temecula, CA
San Diego, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA JEM Correspondence
Disaster Medicine Best Clinical Practice Evidence-Based Medicine Michael Wilson, MD, PhD
Irving Jacoby, MD Amal Mattu, MD Sam Keim, MD San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA Edgewater, MD Tucson, AZ Book and Other Media Reviews
Cardiology Commentary Techniques and Procedures International Emergency Edward J. Otten, MD
Theodore Chan, MD George Sternbach, MD Medicine Cincinnati, OH
San Diego, CA Stanford, CA Jeffrey Arnold, MD Michael Burg, MD
William Brady, MD Technical Tips Salinas, CA Clovis, CA
Charlottesville, VA Gary M. Vilke, MD Christopher Lee, MD Abstracts
Richard Harrigan, MD San Diego, CA Stony Brook, NY Carly Eastin, MD
Philadelphia, PA Richard Harrigan, MD Computers in Emergency Little Rock, AR
Philadelphia, PA Medicine JEM Podcasts
Jacob Ufberg, MD James Killeen, MD Matthew Kostura, MD
Philadelphia, PA San Diego, CA Cleveland, OH

STATISTICAL EDITORS: Edward M. Castillo, PhD, MPH, San Diego, CA

Laurence S. Magder, PhD, MPH, Baltimore, MD
EDITORIAL BOARD
Tim Allen, MD Raymond Fish, MD, PhD Vincent Markovchick, MD Thomas Purcell, MD
Quebec, Canada Urbana, IL Denver, CO Bakersfield, CA
Robert Barish, MD Teodoro J. Herbosa, MD James Mathews, MD Jedd Roe, MD
Chicago, IL Manila, The Philippines Chicago, IL Birmingham, AL
Howard Bessen, MD Kendall Ho, MD John W. McGill, MD Arthur Sanders, MD
Rolling Hills Estates, CA Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Minneapolis, MN Tucson, AZ
Barry Brenner, MD, PhD Grant Innes, MD Robert M. McNamara, MD Stuart Swadron, MD
Cleveland, OH Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Philadelphia, PA Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Danzl, MD Gene Kallsen, MD Ernest E. Moore, MD John Vinen, MD
Louisville, KY Fresno, CA Denver, CO St. Leonards, N.S.W., Australia
Peter Doris, MD Alois F. Karlbauer, MD Edward Newton, MD Richard Wolfe, MD
Downers Grove, IL Salzburg, Austria Los Angeles, CA Boston, MA
James Ducharme, MD Martin S. Kohn, MD Charles Perrott, MD Allan B. Wolfson, MD
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Brooklyn, NY Glenview, IL Pittsburgh, PA
Charles Pollack, Jr., MD
Philadelphia, PA