The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 310
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
SGEM#441: Searching Searching for the best Clinical Decision Rule to Detect Pediatric C-Spine Injury
Reference: Tavender E, et al. Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024
Date: May 29, 2024
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Caleb Ward is a …
Sat 01 Jun 2024
SGEM#440: I’m Gonna Need Someone To Help Me – GRACE4 AUD and CHS Management in the ED
Reference: Borgundvaag et al. Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE-4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergen…
Sat 25 May 2024
SGEM Xtra: Yeah, Might Be All that You Get – How Ted Lasso Made Us Better
Date: May 13, 2024
Guest Skeptics:
Dr. Rebecca Szabo is an obstetrician/gynecologist and medical educator specializing in simulation from Melbourne, Australia working at The Royal Women’s Hospita…
Sat 18 May 2024
SGEM #439: Go Ninja Go Ninja Go…Home without Replacing the Fingernail
Reference: Jain A, et al. Effectiveness of nail bed repair in children with or without replacing the fingernail: NINJA multicentre randomized clinical trial. Br J Surg. March 2023
Date: May 7, 2024…
00:21:11 |
Sat 11 May 2024
SGEM#438: Bone, Bone, Bone, Tell Me What Ya Gonna Do – for IO Access Location?
Reference: Tanner et al, A retrospective comparison of upper and lower extremity intraosseous access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Prehospital Emergency Care. February 2024.
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00:20:35 |
Sat 27 Apr 2024
SGEM#437: Don’t Be Fooled by the Meds I Got, I Still Need an ESP Block – For My Rib Fractures
Reference: Ramesh S, Ayyan SM, Rath DP, Sadanandan DM. Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block compared to sham procedure in adult patients with rib fractures presenting t…
00:41:10 |
Sat 20 Apr 2024
SGEM#436: For the Longest Time – To Give TNK for an Acute Ischemic Stroke
Reference: Albers GW et al. TIMELESS Investigators. Tenecteplase for Stroke at 4.5 to 24 Hours with Perfusion-Imaging Selection. NEJM Feb 2024
Date: April 12, 2024
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Vasisht Sriniv…
00:32:47 |
Sat 13 Apr 2024
SGEM #435: Don’t Stop Believing…A Vaccine can Work for RSV
Reference: Drysdale SB et al. Nirsevimab for Prevention of Hospitalizations due to RSV in Infants. N Engl J Med. 2023
Date: March 29, 2024
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Michael Cosimini is a pediatrician in …
00:27:20 |
Sat 06 Apr 2024
SGEM#434: It’s (Un) Happy Hour Again – Mortality in Younger Patients with Alcohol-Related ED Attendances
Reference: Harrison et al. Mortality in adolescents and young adults following a first presentation to the emergency department for alcohol. AEM March 2024.
Date: March 27, 2024
Guest Skeptic: Dr. …
00:26:56 |
Sat 30 Mar 2024
SGEM#433: Breathe – Simple Aspiration vs. Drainage for Complete Pneumothorax
Reference: Marx et al. Simple Aspiration versus Drainage for Complete Pneumothorax: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023
Date: March 22, 2024
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Richar…
00:37:57 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
SGEM Xtra: The Matrix – Social Media for Knowledge Translation
Date: March 16, 2024
This is an SGEM Xtra episode. Yes, that is two back-to-back SGEM Xtra episodes. The critical appraisal that was lined up for this week's episode got delayed due to some scheduli…
00:35:04 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
SGEM Xtra: A Philosophy of Emergency Medicine
Date: March 6, 2024
This is an SGEM Xtra created from a lecture I gave for the Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP) ICE Camp Retreat in Collingwood, Ontario last month. ROMP helps Ontario medical st…
00:21:35 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
SGEM#432: SPEED, Give Me What I Need – To Diagnose Acute Aortic Dissections
Reference: Gibbons et al. The sonographic protocol for the emergent evaluation of aortic dissections (SPEED protocol): A multicenter, prospective, observational study. AEM February 2024.
Date: Febru…
00:34:14 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
SGEM#341: You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Treatment
Reference: Li, T., & Gal, D. (2023). Consumers prefer natural medicines more when treating psychological than physical conditions. Journal of Consumer Psychology 2023,
Date: February 23, 2024
Guest…
00:48:47 |
Sat 24 Feb 2024
SGEM#430: De Do Do Do, De Dash, Dash DAShED – Diagnosing Acute Aortic Syndrome in the ED.
Reference: McLatchie et al and DAShED investigators. Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency dep…
00:35:47 |
Sun 11 Feb 2024
SGEM #429: It’s CT Angio, Hi. I’m the Problem. It’s Me. For Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma
Reference: Curry SD, et al. Systematic Review of CT Angiography in Guiding Management in Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma. Laryngoscope. March 2023
Date: January 30, 2024
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alexandra…
00:18:29 |
Sat 03 Feb 2024
SGEM#428: Don’t Worry, Be Happy – The Safety of Nitroglycerin Administration in RVMI
Reference: Wilkinson-Stokes M, Betson J, Sawyer S. Adverse events from nitrate administration during right ventricular myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Emerg Med J. Febru…
00:28:26 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
SGEM #427: I Want a Treatment with a Short Course…for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections
Reference: Zaoutis T, et al. Short-course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children: the SCOUT randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. Aug 2023
Date: October 30, 2023
Dr. Ellie Hill
Guest …
00:18:20 |
Sat 20 Jan 2024
SGEM#426: All the Small Things – Small Bag Ventilation Masks in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Reference: Snyder BD, Van Dyke MR, Walker RG, et al. Association of small adult ventilation bags with return of spontaneous circulation in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2023.
Date: J…
00:26:04 |
Sat 13 Jan 2024
SGEM #425: Are You Ready for This? Pediatric Readiness of Emergency Departments
Reference: Remick KE, et al. National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments during the Covid-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. July 2023
Date: Dec 11, 2023
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rac…
00:41:35 |
Sat 06 Jan 2024
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