The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Recent Episodes

SGEM#291: Who’s Gonna Drive you to…the ED – with Lights & Sirens?

Posted May 2, 2020 • 00:13:41

Date: April 24th, 2020 Reference: Watanabe et al. Is Use of Warning Lights and Sirens Associated With Increased Risk of Ambulance Crashes? A Contemporary...

SGEM#290: Neurologist Led Stroke Teams - Working 9 to 5

Posted April 25, 2020 • 00:15:42

Date: April 21st, 2020 Reference:Juergens et al. Effectiveness of emergency physician determinations of the need for thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke....

SGEM#289: I Want a Dog to Relieve My Stress in the Emergency Department

Posted April 11, 2020 • 00:33:45

Date: April 9th, 2020 Reference: Kline et al. Randomized trial of therapy dogs versus deliberative coloring (art therapy) to reduce stress in emergency...

SGEM Xtra: The REBEL vs. The SKEPTIC at SMACC 2019

Posted April 4, 2020 • 00:26:00

Date: April 4th, 2020 It has been just over a year since Dr. Salim Razaie (REBEL EM) and I stepped into the ring for a boxing matched theme debate in...

SGEM#288: Crazy Game of POCUS to Diagnose Shoulder Dislocations

Posted March 28, 2020 • 00:24:50

Date: March 27th, 2020 Reference: Secko et al. Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Diagnose Dislocated Shoulders: A ProspectiveCohort. Ann Emerg...