The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Latest Episodes
SGEM#317: Dese Bones Gonna Heal Again – With or Without a Non-Selective NSAID
Date: January 22nd, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Steve Joseph. Steve completed his Sport Medicine fellowship training with the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in 2017. He served with the Canadian Forces as a Medical Officer and Flight Surgeon.
SGEM#316: What A Difference An A.P.P. Makes? Diagnostic Testing Differences Between A.P.P.s and Physicians
Date: January 20th, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and a pulmonary embolism and imple...
SGEM#315: Comfortably Numb with Topical Tetracaine for Corneal Abrasions
Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Shipman et al. Short-Term Topical Tetracaine Is Highly Efficacious for the Treatment of Pain Caused by Corneal Abrasions: A Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial. Annals of EM 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr.
SGEM#314: OHCA – Should you Take ‘em on the Run Baby if you Don’t get ROSC?
Date: January 5th, 2021 Reference: Grunau et al. Association of Intra-arrest Transport vs Continued On-Scene Resuscitation With Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA 2020
SGEM Xtra: Happy New Year 2021
Date: January 7th, 2021 Happy New Years to all the SGEMers. I know 2020 has been a bit of a dumpster fire. We have all faced challenges During the COVID19 global pandemic. I tried not to contribute to the large volume of information coming out on Sars-...
SGEM Xtra: EBM Master Class – McGill University Grand Rounds 2020
Date: January 4th, 2021 This is an SGEM Xtra episode. I had the honour of presenting at the McGill University Emergency Medicine Academic Grand rounds. They titled the talk “Evidence-Based Medicine Master Class”.
SGEM#313: Here Comes A Regular to the ED
Date: December 18th, 2020 Reference: Hulme et al. Mortality among patients with frequent emergency department use for alcohol-related reasons in Ontario: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr.
SGEM Xtra: Relax – Damm It!
Date: December 21st, 2020 This is a SGEM Xtra book review. I had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Timothy Caulfield. Tim is a Canadian professor of law at the University of Alberta, the Research Director of its Health Law Institute,
SGEM#312: Oseltamivir is like Bad Medicine – for Influenza
Date: December 16th, 2020 Reference: Butler et al. Oseltamivir plus usual care versus usual care for influenza-like illness in primary care: an open-label, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr.
SGEM#311: Here We Go Loop De Loop to Treat Abscesses
Date: December 10th, 2020 Reference: Ladde et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Novel Loop Drainage Technique Versus Drainage and Packing in the Treatment of Skin Abscesses. AEM December 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr.