The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
Episodes
SGEM Twitter Poll
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #458
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#458: Hurt So Good –Ketamine Can Make the Hurt so Good – If used as an Adjunct to Opioids for Acute Pain in the Emergency Department
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: October 29, 2024 Reference: Galili et al. Low dose ketamine as an adjunct to morphine: a randomized controlled trial among patients with and wit...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #457
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Twitter Poll #457
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #457
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM#457: Inhale – Nebulized or IV Ketamine for Acute Pain?
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: October 7, 2024 Reference: Nguyen et al. Comparison of Nebulized Ketamine to Intravenous Subdissociative Dose Ketamine for Treating Acute Painfu...
SGEM Twitter Poll #456
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #456
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #456
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM #456: We are Young…but we can still Understand
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reference: Ma K et al. A national survey of children’s experiences and needs when attending Canadian pediatric emergency departments. PLoS One. June...
SGEM#455: Harmony 5000 – Prehospital Detection of Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Date: October 2, 2024 Reference: Paxton et al. Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large-vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stro...
SGEM Twitter Poll #454
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Paper in a Pic #454
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SGEM Memes #454
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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