The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Recent Episodes

SGEM#273: My Buddy (Tape) for Boxer’s Fractures

Posted November 2, 2019 • 00:18:01

Date: October 29th, 2019 Reference: Pellatt et al. Is Buddy Taping as Effective as Plaster Immobilization for Adults With an Uncomplicated Neck of...

SGEM#272: Take the Money and Run without Getting a CT

Posted October 26, 2019 • 00:46:06

Date: October 22nd, 2019 Reference: Iyengar R et al. The Effect of Financial Incentives on Patient Decisions to Undergo Low-value Head Computed Tomography...

SGEM#271: Bougie Wonderland for First Pass Success

Posted October 19, 2019 • 00:27:35

Date: October 17th, 2019 Reference: Driver et al. Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube and Stylet on First-Attempt Intubation Success Among...

SGEM#270: CRASH-3 TXA for Traumatic Head Bleeds?

Posted October 14, 2019 • 00:20:37

Date: October 14th, 2019 Reference: CRASH-3 Trial Collaborators. Effects of tranexamic acid on death, disability, vascular occlusive events and other...

SGEM Xtra: See A Dentist – Because I’m an Emergency Physician

Posted October 9, 2019 • 00:14:20

Date: October 9th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Hasan Sheikh is an emergency and addictions physician in downtown Toronto and a graduate student studying...