The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

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, Ontario last month. ROMP helps Ontario medical students & residents arrange core & elective rotations in rural Ontario. An old friend, Dr. Matt De Stefano invited me to […] The post SGEM Xtra: A Philosophy of Emergency Medicine first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Gibbons et al. The sonographic protocol for the emergent evaluation of aortic dissections (SPEED protocol): A multicenter, prospective, observational study. AEM February 2024. Date: February 28, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency medicine physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY.  He is the Vice Chair of the Emergency Department at Nassau University […] The post SGEM#432: SPEED, Give Me What I Need – To Diagnose Acute Aortic Dissections first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Li, T., & Gal, D. (2023). Consumers prefer natural medicines more when treating psychological than physical conditions. Journal of Consumer Psychology 2023, Date: February 23, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Ethan Milne is a Marketing PhD student at the Ivey Business School (Western University). He researches how moral outrage and status-seeking personalities motivate social media aggression, and how […] The post SGEM#341: You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Treatment first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: McLatchie et al and DAShED investigators. Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome. EMJ Nov 2023. Date: February 11, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Nirdosh Ashok Kumar, Emergency Medicine Specialist – Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. […] The post SGEM#430: De Do Do Do, De Dash, Dash DAShED – Diagnosing Acute Aortic Syndrome in the ED. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Curry SD, et al. Systematic Review of CT Angiography in Guiding Management in Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma. Laryngoscope. March 2023 Date: January 30, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alexandra (Ali) Espinel is an Associate professor of pediatrics and otolaryngology at Children’s National Hospital and George Washington University. She is also the director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology […] The post SGEM #429: It’s CT Angio, Hi. I’m the Problem. It’s Me. For Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Wilkinson-Stokes M, Betson J, Sawyer S. Adverse events from nitrate administration during right ventricular myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Emerg Med J. February 2023 Date: January 24, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rupinder Sahsi is a fellow EBM enthusiast with academic appointments at McMaster University and Wright State University who works as an emergency physician […] The post SGEM#428: Don’t Worry, Be Happy – The Safety of Nitroglycerin Administration in RVMI first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Zaoutis T, et al. Short-course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children: the SCOUT randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. Aug 2023 Date: October 30, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ellie Hill is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at George Washington University […] The post SGEM #427: I Want a Treatment with a Short Course…for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Snyder BD, Van Dyke MR, Walker RG, et al. Association of small adult ventilation bags with return of spontaneous circulation in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 2023. Date: January 11, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Root is an EMS fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health […] The post SGEM#426: All the Small Things – Small Bag Ventilation Masks in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Remick KE, et al. National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments during the Covid-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. July 2023 Date: Dec 11, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rachel Hatcliffe is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Her research focuses on prehospital care of children with anaphylaxis.  […] The post SGEM #425: Are You Ready for This? Pediatric Readiness of Emergency Departments first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Reference: Roussel et al. Overnight stay in the emergency department and mortality in older patients, JAMA Intern Med 2023 Date: December 18, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Carpenter, Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic. Case: An 85-year-old patient (Ms. McG) presents to your emergency department (ED) after being found by family on the […] The post SGEM#424: Ooh-Ooh, I Can’t Wait – To Be Admitted to Hospital first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.