The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine


Latest Episodes

SGEM#259: Eat for Two – If I Didn’t have Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
June 15, 2019

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. Nick Papalia completed his MD at Western University.

SGEM Xtra: FIX19 You Up
June 06, 2019

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 Academic Emergency Medicine 2019 (SAEM) annual meeting. Dr.

SGEM#258: REBOA, Re-Re-Re-REBOA
May 25, 2019

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 Edmonds is an emergency physician in the US Air Force ...

SGEM Xtra: Catch of the Day – CAEP19
May 24, 2019

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, emergency medicine,

SGEM#257: EMTALA – It’s the Law of the Land
May 19, 2019

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 2018. AEM May 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.

SGEM#256: Doctor Doctor Give Me the News, I Gotta Bad Case of RLQ Pain – Should I have an Appendectomy?
May 11, 2019

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 professor of surgery at Western University and the L...

SGEM#255: It Don’t Matter Now – Fluid Type and Infusion Rate in Paediatric DKA
May 04, 2019

Date: April 29th, 2019 Reference: Kuppermann et al. Clinical Trial of Fluid Infusion Rates for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis. NEJM June 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Nikki Abela is a final year trainee in Emergency Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicin...

SGEM#254: Probiotics for Pediatric Gastroenteritis – I Can’t Go For that…No Can Do
April 27, 2019

Date: April 16th, 2019 Reference: Schnadower et al. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG versus placebo for acute gastroenteritis in children. NEJM 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anthony G. Crocco is a Pediatric Emergency Physician and is the Medical Director & Divisio...

SGEM#253: Everybody’s Working on the Weekend
April 20, 2019

Date: April 17th, 2019 Reference: Little et al. Major trauma: Does weekend attendance increase 30-day mortality? Injury 2019 Guest Skeptic: Alison Armstrong is a Certified Emergency Nurse, Trauma Program Coordinator and TNCC Course Director.

SGEM#252: Blue Monday- Screening Adult ED Patients for Risk of Future Suicidality
April 14, 2019

Date: April 11th, 2019 Reference: Brucker et al. Assessing Risk of Future Suicidality in Emergency Department Patients. AEM April 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project call...

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