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Reports from the front

• Ideas and the origin of evidence during the COVID-19 pandemic (17 June, 2020)

  Mike Wells
• Endotracheal intubation with barrier protection (1 June, 2020)

  Farah Jazuli, Monika Bilic, Erich Hanel, Michael Ha, Kelly Hassall, Brendon Gordon Trotter
• Aerosol containment box to the rescue: extra protection for the front line (11 June, 2020)

  Steven H Hsu, Hsien Yung Lai, Firas Zabaneh, Faisal N Masud
• Emergency department preparation for COVID-19: accelerated care units (27 May, 2020)

  Jeanne Noble, Nida Felicija Degesys, Elizabeth Kwan, Edward Grom, Cortlyn Brown, Jahan Fahimi, Maria Raven
• Emergency department ‘outbreak rostering’ to meet challenges of COVID-19 (28 May, 2020)

  Wei Lin Tallie Chua, Li Juan Joy Quah, Yuzeng Shen, Nur Diana Zakaria, Paul Weng Wan, Kenneth Tan, Evelyn Wong
• Letter: How the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated the importance of emergency medicine, and its vital role as a pillar of the healthcare system (23 May, 2020)

  Eric P Heymann, Aristomenis Exadaktylos
• Letter: Iranian national COVID-19 electronic screening system: experience to share (19 May, 2020)

  Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami, Ali Janati
• Letter: Hypothetical unfolding of a global conjoint epidemic (20 May, 2020)

  Sohil Pothiawala
• Letter: Methanol toxicity outbreak: when fear of COVID-19 goes viral (15 May, 2020)

  Sepideh Sefidbakht, Mehrzad Lotfi, Reza Jalli, Mohsen Moghadami, Golnar Sabetian, Pooya Iranpour