The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Date: August 6th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alyssa Stroud (@TheBlondeMD) is a PGY2 surgery resident who is trying to survive the hardships of residency and dating, one glass of wine at a time. This is an SGEM Xtra episode that was recorded in Algonquin Park where I am volunteering to be the camp doctor at…

Date: July 22nd, 2019 Reference: Yadav et al. A Multifaceted Intervention Improves Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection for Adults and Children in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings. AEM July 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and clinical lecturer in Calgary. He is also an avid FOAM supporter/producer through various…

Date: July10th, 2019 Reference: O’Riordan W et al. Omadacycline for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin-Structure Infections. NEJM Feb 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaminathan is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Patterson, NJ. He is a deputy editor for EM: RAP and, associate editor for REBEL EM.…

Date: June 28th, 2019 Reference: Cardona et al. Prospective Validation of a Checklist to Predict Short-term Death in Older Patients After Emergency Department Admission in Australia and Ireland. AEM June 2019. Guest Skeptic:Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com Case: An 83-year-old man with early…

Date: June 20th, 2019 Reference: Pluymaeker et al. Early or Delayed Cardioversion in Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation. NEJM 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. David Glaser, emergency physician from a community teaching hospital in Denver and faculty member for the annual Emergency Medicine and Acute Care course series. Dave is also residency-trained and boarded in internal medicine. Case:…

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. He is currently completing an Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at the University of Calgary. Case: A 24-year-old woman G2T1P1A0L1…

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. Kass received the SAEM Award for the Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine at the…

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 in Virginia. This is Bob’s tenth visit to the SGEM. DISCLAIMER: THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF…

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, knowledge translation project created by emergency physicians for emergency physicians. The BEEM faculty is heading to the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)…

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. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Case: …

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 London Health Sciences Centre. His practice is in trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care with an academic interest…

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 Medicine in Liverpool, UK from sunny Malta. She is a blog editor for RCEM Learning . She is…

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 & Division Head of the Division of Pediatric Emergency at McMaster’s Children’s Hospital. He is an Associate Professor at…

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. This was a special episode of the SGEM done live at the Talk Trauma 2019 Conference help in London, Ontario. Talk…

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 called First10EM.com WARNING: This SGEM episode discusses suicide. This is a warning to those listening to the podcast…