The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
Episodes
SGEM#454: I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight – Diagnostic Accuracy of D-Dimer for Acute Aortic Syndromes
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: September 23, 2024 Reference: Essat et al. Diagnostic Accuracy of D-Dimer for Acute Aortic Syndromes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Annal...
SGEM Twitter Poll #453
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #453
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #453
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: September 18, 2024 Reference: Dillon et al. Naloxone and Patient Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in California. JAMA Network Open. A...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #452
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #452
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #452
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#452: I’m Still Standing – After the Allergy Challenge
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: September 12, 2024 Reference: Anderson et al. Full dose challenge of moderate, severe and unknown beta-lactam allergies in the emergency departm...
SGEM Xtra Average Meme
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Xtra Average Polls
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Xtra: I’m Just An Ordinary Average Guy – Dr. Mel Herbert
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: August 30, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Mel Herbert is a famous Emergency Medicine Physician, award-winning educator, entrepreneur and philanthropis...
SGME Paper in a Pic #451
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #451
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #451
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#451: I’ve Become So Numb – Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks for Rib Fractures
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: August 19, 2024 Reference: Partyka et al. Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks for Early Rib Fracture Pain Management: The SABRE Randomized Clinical T...
SGEM Memes IncrEMentuM 2025
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Xtra: The Final Countdown – To IncrEMentuM 2025
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: August 13, 2024 Guest Skeptics: We have two guest skeptics for this SGEM Xtra episode. Dr. Francisco Campillo Palma is an Emergency Medicine doc...
SGEM Memes #450
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #449
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #450
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #450
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #449
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#450: Try Again – Andexanet for Factor Xa Inhibitor–Associated Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: July 29, 2024 Reference: Connolly SJ et al (ANNEXA-I investigators) Andexanet for Factor Xa Inhibitor–Associated Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhag...
SGEM Memes #449
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #448
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#449: Bad Boys What’cha Gonna Do – Patient Perceptions of Behavioral Flags in the ED
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: July 31, 2024 Reference: Gonzales RE, Seeburger EF, Friedman AB, and Agarwal AK. Patient perceptions of behavioral flags in the emergency depa...
SGEM Paper in a Picture #447
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #448
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #448
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#448: More than A Feeling – Gestalt vs CDT for Predicting Sepsis
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Knack et al. Early Physician Gestalt Versus Usual Screening Tools for the Prediction of Sepsis in Critically Ill Emergency Patients. Ann Em...
SGEM Twitter Poll #447
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Meme #447
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#447: Just What I Needed – Preoxygenation Prior To Intubation
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Gibbs et al. Noninvasive Ventilation for Preoxygenation during Emergency Intubation (The PREOXI trial). NEJM June 2024. Date: July 17, 202...
SGEM Memes #446
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #446
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #446
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#446: Finding Pneumo…nia in Febrile Infants
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Florin TA, et al. Radiographic pneumonia in young febrile infants presenting to the emergency department: secondary analysis of a prospecti...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #445
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #445
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #445
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#445: Why Can’t We Be Friends – Conflict in Emergency Medicine
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Tjan et al. Conflict in emergency medicine: A systematic review. AEM June 2024 Date: July 5, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer an ...
SGEM Xtra: When I’m 64 – Old Fashioned Doctors
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: June 29, 2024 Reference: Herbert L. Fred M.D. (1998) Old-Fashioned Doctors, Hospital Practice. This is an SGEM Xtra episode. I was honoured to b...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #444
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #443
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #444
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #444
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#444: I Need Oxygen…But How Much Oxygen for Critically Ill Children
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Peters MJ, et al. Conservative versus liberal oxygenation targets in critically ill children (Oxy-picu): a UK multicentre, open, parallel...
SGEM Memes #443
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#443: Don’t Stop Me Now – REBOA for Hemorrhage Control in Trauma Patients?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Jansen et al. Emergency Department Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Trauma Patients With Exsanguinating Hemorrh...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #442
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #442
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #442
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#442: I’m on the Right Track Baby I Was Born This Way
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Kruse et al. Systematic Review, Quality Assessment, and Synthesis of Guidelines for Emergency Department Care of Transgender and Gender-div...
SGEM Twitter Poll #441
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #441
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #441
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#441: Searching Searching for the best Clinical Decision Rule to Detect Pediatric C-Spine Injury
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Tavender E, et al. Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Date: M...
SGEM Twitter Poll #440
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #440
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #440
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#440: I’m Gonna Need Someone To Help Me – GRACE4 AUD and CHS Management in the ED
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Borgundvaag et al. Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE-4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabino...
SGEM Xtra: Yeah, Might Be All that You Get – How Ted Lasso Made Us Better
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: May 13, 2024 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Rebecca Szabo is an obstetrician/gynecologist and medical educator specializing in simulation from Melbourne, A...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #439
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #439
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Meme #439
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM #439: Go Ninja Go Ninja Go…Home without Replacing the Fingernail
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Jain A, et al. Effectiveness of nail bed repair in children with or without replacing the fingernail: NINJA multicentre randomized clinic...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #438
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #438
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #437
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #438
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#438: Bone, Bone, Bone, Tell Me What Ya Gonna Do – for IO Access Location?
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Tanner et al, A retrospective comparison of upper and lower extremity intraosseous access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitati...
SGEM Twitter Poll #437
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #437
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#437: Don’t Be Fooled by the Meds I Got, I Still Need an ESP Block – For My Rib Fractures
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Ramesh S, Ayyan SM, Rath DP, Sadanandan DM. Efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block compared to sham procedure ...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #436
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #436
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #436
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#436: For the Longest Time – To Give TNK for an Acute Ischemic Stroke
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Albers GW et al. TIMELESS Investigators. Tenecteplase for Stroke at 4.5 to 24 Hours with Perfusion-Imaging Selection. NEJM Feb 2024 Date: ...
SGEM Twitter Poll #435
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #435
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM MEMES #435
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM #435: Don’t Stop Believing…A Vaccine can Work for RSV
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ske...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #434
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #434
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #434
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #433
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#434: It’s (Un) Happy Hour Again – Mortality in Younger Patients with Alcohol-Related ED Attendances
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Harrison et al. Mortality in adolescents and young adults following a first presentation to the emergency department for alcohol. AEM March...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #433
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #433
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#433: Breathe – Simple Aspiration vs. Drainage for Complete Pneumothorax
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Marx et al. Simple Aspiration versus Drainage for Complete Pneumothorax: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023...
SGEM Xtra: The Matrix – Social Media for Knowledge Translation
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
SGEM Xtra Philosophy Twitter Poll
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes Xtra Philosophy
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Xtra: A Philosophy of Emergency Medicine
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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, O...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #432
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #432
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #432
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#432: SPEED, Give Me What I Need – To Diagnose Acute Aortic Dissections
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Gibbons et al. The sonographic protocol for the emergent evaluation of aortic dissections (SPEED protocol): A multicenter, prospective, obs...
SGEM Twitter Poll #431
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas