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 Xtra: See A Dentist – Because I’m an Emergency Physician
Date: October 9th, 2019
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Hasan Sheikh is an emergency and addictions physician in downtown Toronto and a graduate student studying public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Go…
00:14:20 |
Wed 09 Oct 2019
SGEM#269: Pre-Hospital Nitroglycerin for Acute Stroke Patients?
Date: September 25th, 2019
Reference: Bath PM et al. Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): an ambulance-based, randomized, sham-controll…
00:22:05 |
Sun 06 Oct 2019
SGEM#268: Vitamin C Not Ready for Graduation to Routine Use
Date: September 11th, 2019
Reference: Putzu et al. The Effect of Vitamin C on Clinical Outcome in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Cri…
00:24:33 |
Sun 29 Sep 2019
SGEM#267: Afib of the Night – Chemical vs. Electrical First Cardioversion
Date: September 18th, 2019
Reference: Scheuermeyer et al. A Multicenter Randomized Trial to Evaluate a Chemical-first Cardioversion Strategy for Patients with Uncomplicated Acute Atrial Fibrillation…
00:28:09 |
Sat 21 Sep 2019
SGEM Xtra: I’m in a FIX State of Mind
Date: September 18th, 2019
I had the honour of presenting at FIX19 conference in New York City. Thank you to Dr. Dara Kass and the organizing committee for giving me the opportunity to present at th…
00:08:41 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
SGEM#266: Old Man Take a Look at the Canadian CT Head Rule I’m a Lot Like You Were
Date: September 10th, 2019
Reference: Fournier et al. Adapting the Canadian CT head rule age criteria for mild traumatic brain injury. Emergency Medicine Journal 2019.
Guest Skeptics: Dr. Sarah Berg…
00:30:53 |
Sat 14 Sep 2019
SGEM#265: Total EcLiPSE of the Seizure – What a ConSEPT
Date: September 5th, 2019
Reference: Dalziel et al. Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for second-line treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in children (ConSEPT): an open-label, multicentre, rando…
00:25:43 |
Sat 07 Sep 2019
SGEM Xtra: Life is a Highway – The Cochrane Collaboration
Date: May 14th, 2019
Dr. Michael Brown
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Michael Brown is founding chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He is af…
00:22:03 |
Sun 25 Aug 2019
SGEM#264: Hooked On A Feeling? Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain
Date: August 9th, 2019
Reference: Daoust et al. Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain. AEM August 2019
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency phy…
00:32:57 |
Sat 17 Aug 2019
SGEM Xtra: OR Barbie Let’s Go Party
Date: August 6th, 2019
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alyssa Stroud (@TheBlondeMD) is a PGY2 surgery resident who is trying to survive the hardships of residency and dating, one glass of wine at a time.
This is …
00:25:13 |
Sat 10 Aug 2019
SGEM#263: Please Stop, Prescribing – Antibiotics for Viral Acute Respiratory Infections
Date: July 22nd, 2019
Reference: Yadav et al. A Multifaceted Intervention Improves Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection for Adults and Children in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings…
00:31:15 |
Sat 27 Jul 2019
SGEM#262: Omadacycline – Is it non-inferior to linezolid for skin and soft tissue infections?
Date: July10th, 2019
Reference: O’Riordan W et al. Omadacycline for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin-Structure Infections. NEJM Feb 2019
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaminathan is an assistant professor o…
00:30:52 |
Sat 20 Jul 2019
SGEM#261: CriSTAL Ball to Assess Older Patients in the Emergency Department
Date: June 28th, 2019
Reference: Cardona et al. Prospective Validation of a Checklist to Predict Short-term Death in Older Patients After Emergency Department Admission in Australia and Ireland. AEM …
00:16:53 |
Sat 29 Jun 2019
SGEM#260: Quit Playing Game with My Heart – Early or Delayed Cardioversion for Recent Onset Atrial Fibrillation?
Date: June 20th, 2019
Reference: Pluymaeker et al. Early or Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation. NEJM 2019
Guest Skeptic: Dr. David Glaser, emergency physician from a community…
00:25:28 |
Sat 22 Jun 2019
SGEM#259: Eat for Two – If I Didn’t have Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
Date: June 11th, 2019
Reference: Huybrechts et al. Association of Maternal First-Trimester Ondansetron Use With Cardiac Malformations and Oral Clefts in Offspring. JAMA Dec 2018.
Guest Skeptic: Dr. …
00:22:25 |
Sat 15 Jun 2019
SGEM Xtra: FIX19 You Up
Date: May 15th, 2019
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dara Kass is an Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center.
This is an SGEM Xtra that was recorded at the Society of Academi…
00:24:14 |
Thu 06 Jun 2019
SGEM#258: REBOA, Re-Re-Re-REBOA
Date: May 23rd, 2019
Reference: Joseph et al. Nationwide Analysis of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Civilian Trauma. JAMA Surgery March 2019.
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert …
00:14:52 |
Sat 25 May 2019
SGEM Xtra: Catch of the Day – CAEP19
Date: May 21st, 2019
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Andrew Worster is full professor at McMaster University and the creator of Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM).
BEEM is an international, non-profit, …
00:11:13 |
Fri 24 May 2019
SGEM#257: EMTALA – It’s the Law of the Land
Date: May 15th, 2019
Reference: Terp et al. Civil Monetary Penalties Resulting from Violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Involving Psychiatric Emergencies, 2002 to 201…
00:28:27 |
Sun 19 May 2019
SGEM#256: Doctor Doctor Give Me the News, I Gotta Bad Case of RLQ Pain – Should I have an Appendectomy?
Date: May 6th, 2019
Reference: Sceats et al. Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis Among Privately Insured Patients. JAMA Surgery 2018
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Leeper is an assistant…
00:32:50 |
Sat 11 May 2019
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