Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Number 1, January 2026
West
Open Access at WestJEM.com
ISSN 1936-900X
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health Indexed in MEDLINE
Health Equity 1 Impact of Primary Spoken Language as a Social Determinant of Health on Cardiopulmonary Education and Use: Pilot Study C LaNeave, B Meier, H Liffert, JC Perkins VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1, January 2026
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Seven Steps for Emergency Physicians to Dismantle Access Barriers and Build Equitable Care Systems AM Gonzalez, E Keating, A Moulin
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The One Big Beautiful Bill: A Looming Crisis for Health Equity and Emergency Medicine M Yates, P Yun
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Disparities in Door-to-Clinician Time for Cardiac Chest Pain in the Emergency Department E Awad, S Raju, H Alsayyed, R Issa, J Druck
Education 25 Mapping Five Years of #FOAMed: Trends, Engagement, and Shifting Topics on Twitter/X E Günsoy, A Aykut, C Yildrim, MV Öncül
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Resuscitation Leadership Education: A Needs Assessment of Emergency Medicine Residencies M Sobin, B Todd, N-W Chen, D Turner-Lawrence
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Simulation Curriculum Improves Emergency Medicine Resident Preparedness for the New American Board of Emergency Medicine Certifying Exam I Batson, C Ihenatu, F Shofer, M Magda, ME Abboud, L Conlon, S Tsao, M Mamtani
Neurology 44 Comparison of Acute Stroke Outcomes Between Code Trauma vs. Code Stroke Activations J Brown, M Jebbia, E Lee, A Kazi, A Strumwasser, B Love, J Woods, B Khazaeni 51
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Evaluation of Dizziness in the Emergency Department: Prevalence and Diagnostic Utility of Clinical Scales for Functional Vertigo M Dorter, Y Koksal, C Aktas Contents continued on page iv
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