The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
Meet 'em, greet 'em, treat 'em and street 'em
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 310
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
SGEM#484: The Warrior – Pharmacological Interventions for the Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia
Reference: Jessen et al. Pharmacological interventions for the acute treatment of hyperkalaemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2025
Date: August 6, 2025
Guest Skeptic: Willia…
00:22:21 |
Sat 06 Sep 2025
SGEM Xtra: Now and Forever – A League of Their Own (Women in EM)
Date: August 11, 2025
Dr. Gillian Schmitz
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Gillian Schmitz is a board-certified Emergency Physician practicing at The Naval Medical Center in San Diego. She is also a former Presi…
00:33:35 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
SGEM#483: Electricity – TENS Units for Treating Back Pain
Reference: Otterness et al. The Use of TENS for the Treatment of Back Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AEM Aug 2025
Date: August 22, 2025
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren W…
00:31:18 |
Sat 23 Aug 2025
SGEM#482: Seize the Day with Ketamine and Midazolam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus
Reference: Othman AA, et al. Combined ketamine and midazolam vs. midazolam alone for initial treatment of pediatric generalized convulsive status epilepticus (Ket-Mid study): A randomized controlled…
00:31:26 |
Sat 16 Aug 2025
SGEM Xtra: Illusion – What you Don’t Know and Why it Matters
Date: July 10, 2025
Guest Skeptics: Professor Timothy Caulfield is a Canadian professor of law at the University of Alberta, the Research Director of its Health Law Institute. His area of expertise …
00:58:44 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
SGEM#481: Shot Through the Chart And You’re to Blame – But Can We Intervene?
Reference: Kemal et al. Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury. AEM July 2025
Date: July 28, 2025
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency M…
00:36:05 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
SGEM#480: In the End It Doesn’t Even Matter: Oral Olanzapine or Diazepam for Pediatric Agitation
Reference: Bourke EM, et al. PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication. Annals of Emergency Medicine. …
00:33:37 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
SGEM Xtra: Career Advice from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Date: July 9, 2025
Guest Skeptics: Dr. Cindy Bitter is an Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Saint Louis University. She has a Master’s in Bioethics, and she is passionate …
00:26:16 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
SGEM #479: Light Em Up Up Up (CT) or Not for Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma?
Reference: Arnold CG, et al. Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule. Acad Emerg Med. Jan 2025
Date…
00:24:12 |
Sat 05 Jul 2025
SGEM#478: If I Were a Man: Sex-Based Disparities in the Treatment of STIs
Reference: Solnick et al. Sex Disparities in Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Treatment in US Adult Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM June 2025
Date: June 24, 2025
Guest Skep…
00:38:50 |
Sat 28 Jun 2025
SGEM#477: I Can Feel It Coming In the Air Tonight…But By Which Pre-Oxygenation Strategy
Reference: Ye et al. Preoxygenation strategies before intubation in patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a network meta-analysis. Frontiers in Medicine. 2025 Feb
Date: June 12, 2025
Gue…
00:32:36 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
SGEM Xtra: Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It – To Be an EM Doc
Date: June 2, 2025
Dr. Andrew Tagg
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Andrew (Andy) Tagg is an Emergency Physician with a special interest in education and lifelong learning. He is the co-founder and website lead …
00:24:21 |
Sat 07 Jun 2025
SGEM Xtra: Ten Lessons They Don’t Teach in Medical School (But Should)
Date: May 14, 2025
Dr. Ross Prager
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ross Prager is an Intensivist at the London Health Sciences Centre and an adjunct professor at Western University. His expertise in critical ca…
00:37:22 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
SGEM#476: Cuts like a Knife or Antibiotics for Pediatric Appendicitis
Reference: St Peter, et al. Appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children: an open-label, international, multicentre, randomized noni-inferiority trial. The Lanc…
00:45:06 |
Sat 24 May 2025
SGEM#475: Break on Through to the Other Side – Management of Clinical Scaphoid Fractures
Reference: Cohen et al; SUSPECT study group. Can we avoid casting for suspected scaphoid fractures? A multicenter randomized controlled trial. J Orthop Traumatol. 2025
Date: May 1, 2025
Guest Skept…
00:25:46 |
Sat 17 May 2025
SGEM Xtra: Doctor, Doctor – Paging Dr. Robby
Date: May 6, 2025
Guest Skeptic: Actor, producer and director Noah Wyle. Many of us know him as Dr. John Carter from ER, the show that arguably influenced an entire generation of EM physicians. Since…
00:28:34 |
Sat 10 May 2025
SGEM#474: Help! Which Clinical Decision Aid should I use to Risk Stratify Febrile Infants?
Reference: Umana E, et al. Performance of clinical decision aids for the care of young febrile infants: A multicenter prospective cohort study. eClinicalMedicine Lancet December 2024
Date: March 6, …
00:31:15 |
Sat 03 May 2025
SGEM#473: Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind – Midazolam or Ketamine for Acute Agitation in the Pre-Hospital Setting
Reference: Muldowney et al. A Comparison of Ketamine to Midazolam for the Management of Acute Behavioral Disturbance in the Out-of-Hospital Setting. Ann Emerg Med. 2025
Date: April 24, 2025
Guest …
00:53:59 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
SGEM#472: Together In Electric Dreams – Or Is It Reality?
Reference: Kareemi et al Artificial intelligence-based clinical decision support in the emergency department: a scoping review. AEM April 2025.
Date: April 15, 2025
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challe…
00:38:44 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
SGEM#471: Are ESI Levels Accurate for Triage of Pediatric Patients?
Reference: Sax DR, et al. Emergency Severity Index Version 4 and Triage of Pediatric Emergency Department Patients. JAMA Pediatrics, October 2024
Date: February 12, 2025
Dr. Brandon Ho
Guest Skept…
00:26:19 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
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