Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Number 2, March 2026
West
Open Access at WestJEM.com
ISSN 1936-900X
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health Indexed in MEDLINE
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2, March 2026
Emergency Department Operations 236 Obligated To Say “Yes”: The How and Why Behind Transfer Decisions in Moribund Patients A Stefanko, N Trenga-Schein, L Chess, M Cook
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Decoding Emergency Department Dissatisfaction: Factors Associated with Patient Complaints M Blenden, RB Sangal, C Rothenberg, WW Sun, K Tuffuor, SK Pavuluri, R Van Tonder, S Chekijian, E Reid, V Parwani
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Impact of Emergency Department Intravenous-Fluid Conservation Strategies During a National Shortage: Multisite Retrospective Study H Moreira, R McCormack, C Sorensen, B Mallory
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Impact of Artificial Intelligence-supported Triage Systems on Emergency Department Management: A Comparison of Infermedica, Emergency Severity Index, and Manchester Triage System E Boğa
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Systematic Review of Interventions to Optimize Emergency Department Care of Patients with Cancer JGA den Duijn, M Muharam, MFM Engel, RJCG Verdonschot, N Wlazlo, G Prins-van Gilst, MEMM Bos, J Alsma,
Climate Change 281 Environmental Advocacy by the American College of Emergency Physicians: A Brief History of Climate and Sustainability Resolutions G Galletta, H Irons, D Mathew, M Futernick, J Chang, E Sbiroli, T Surapaneni, D Terca, N Thran 286
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Effect of Ice Consistency and Sodium Chloride Additives on Cooling Speed and Final Temperature for Cold Water–Ice Immersion in Heat Stroke A Goldmann, B Yavari, D Sklar Contents continued on page iv
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