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#392: Shock Me – Double Sequential or Vector Change for OHCAs with Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation?
Date: February 7, 2023
Reference: Cheskes et al. Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. NEJM 2022
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sean Moore is an emergency physician working in Keno…
00:25:51 |
Sat 11 Feb 2023
SGEM#391: Is it Time for a Cool Change (Hypothermia After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest)?
Date: February 1, 2023
Reference: Wolfrum et al. Temperature Control After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Circulation. September 2022
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern…
00:28:22 |
Sat 04 Feb 2023
SGEM Xtra: You Don’t Own Me – Post Roe Emergency Medicine
Date: January 22, 2022
Reference: Samuels-Kalow M et al. Post-Roe Emergency Medicine: Policy, clinical, training, and individual implications for emergency clinicians. AEM Dec 2022
Guest Skeptic: D…
00:17:05 |
Sat 28 Jan 2023
SGEM#390: I Can’t Feel My Face when I Have Bell Palsy, but will Steroids Help?
Reference: Babl et al. Efficacy of prednisolone for bell palsy in children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial (BellPIC). Neurology 2022
Date: January 3, 2023
Guest S…
00:18:30 |
Sat 21 Jan 2023
SGEM#389: Does Dex, Dex, Dex, Dexamethasone Help with Renal Colic?
Date: January 13, 2023
Reference: Razi et al. Dexamethasone and ketorolac compare with ketorolac alone in acute renal colic: A randomized clinical trial. AJEM 2022
Dr. Kevan Sternberg
Guest Skepti…
00:25:21 |
Sat 14 Jan 2023
SGEM#388: It Makes No Difference Now- Calcium Channel Blocker or Beta Blocker for Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response & Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Date: January 4th, 2023
Reference: Hasbrouck et al. Acute management of atrial fibrillation in congestive heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the emergency department. AJEM 2022
Guest S…
00:29:54 |
Sat 07 Jan 2023
SGEM #387 Lumbar Punctures in Febrile Infants with Positive Urinalysis-It’s Just Overkill
Date: Dec 15, 2022
Reference: Mahajan et al. Serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants with positive urinalysis results. Pediatrics. October 2022
Dr. Brian Lee
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Brian…
00:35:27 |
Sat 31 Dec 2022
SGEM Xtra: Holding Out for a Hero – Lessons from The Dark Knight
Date: December 11th, 2022
Dr. Dennis Ren
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s National in Washington, DC. You may also know him as the host of thi…
00:29:27 |
Sat 24 Dec 2022
SGEM386: Blood on Blood – Massive Transfusion Protocols in Older Trauma Patients
Date: December 16th, 2022
Reference: Hohle et al. Massive Blood Transfusion Following Older Adult Trauma: the Effect of Blood Ratios on Mortality. AEM December 2022
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challe…
00:33:13 |
Sat 17 Dec 2022
SGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs Non-Operative Management of Scaphoid Fractures
Date: November 30th, 2022
Reference: Johnson et al. One-year outcome of surgery compared with immobilization in a cast for adults with an undisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fracture: A meta…
00:22:12 |
Sat 10 Dec 2022
SGEM #384: Take Me Out Tonight, I Don’t Want to Perforate My Appendix Alright
Date: November 16th, 2022
Reference: Lipsett SC, Monuteaux MC, Shanahan KH, et al. Nonoperative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis. Pediatrics 2022
Dr. Angelica DesPain
Guest Skeptic: Dr. An…
00:21:35 |
Sat 03 Dec 2022
SGEM#383: Tommy Can You Hear Me – Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) Patients in the ED
Date: November 26th, 2022
Reference: James et al. Emergency Department Condition Acuity, Length of Stay, and Revisits Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Patients: A Retrospective Chart Review. AEM Novem…
00:39:36 |
Sat 26 Nov 2022
SGEM Xtra: How To Save A Life – Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department
Date: November 19th, 2022
Reference: Khatib N, and Sampsel K. CAEP Position Statement Executive Summary: Where is the love? Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED). CJE.M 202…
00:27:16 |
Sat 19 Nov 2022
SGEM#382: Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls to Treat Pancreatitis
Date: November 10th, 2022
Reference: de-Madaria E et al. Aggressive or Moderate Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Pancreatitis (WATERFALL). NEJM 2022.
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salim R. Rezaie completed his me…
00:24:06 |
Sat 12 Nov 2022
SGEM Peds Xtra: Making Research Better, Faster, Stronger
Date: October 24, 2022
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Damian Roland is a Consultant at the University of Leicester NHS Trust and Honorary Professor for the University of Leicester’s SAPPHIRE group. He specializ…
00:32:52 |
Sat 05 Nov 2022
SGEM#381: Put Your Hand on My Shoulder and Reduce It
Date: October 27th, 2022
Reference: Hayashi et al. Comparative efficacy of sedation or analgesia methods for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation: A systematic review and network meta-analysis…
00:28:07 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
SGEM#380: OHCAs Happen and You’re Head Over Heels – Head Elevated During CPR?
Date: October 18th, 2022
Reference: Moore et al. Head and thorax elevation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using circulatory adjuncts is associated with improved survival. Resuscitation 2022
Gu…
00:19:53 |
Sat 22 Oct 2022
SGEM Xtra: Lead Me On – What I Learned from Top Gun
Date: October 5th, 2022
Reference: Top Gun 1986
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Carpenter is Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis an…
00:28:41 |
Sat 15 Oct 2022
SGEM #379 Heigh Ho High Flow versus CPAP in Acutely Ill Children
Date: September 15, 2022
Reference: Ramnarayan P et al. Effect of high-flow nasal cannula therapy vs continuous positive airway pressure therapy on liberation from respiratory support in acutely il…
00:21:58 |
Sat 08 Oct 2022
SGEM#378: Keepin’ It REaL when Treating Pediatric Migraine Patients
Date: September 28th, 2022
Reference: Hartford et al. Disparities in the emergency department management of pediatric migraine by race, ethnicity, and language preference. AEM September 2022.
Guest …
00:34:55 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
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