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Date: September 18, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an Emergency Medicine (EM) physician and emergency department (ED) intensivist from Long Island, NY. He is the Vice Chair of the ED and Program Director of the EM residency program at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY. Reference: Doupnik et al. Impact of […]
The post SGEM#486: Call Me, on the Line – Telemental Health for Suicide Prevention first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: Sept 16, 2025 Reference: Prada et al. Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology. Environ Health. August 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Andrew Martin is an emergency physician practicing in Jacksonville, Florida. Case: A 27-year-old at 24 weeks’ gestation presents to the emergency department (ED) with fever (38.6 °C), myalgias, and […]
The post SGEM#485: I Want a New Drug – One Not Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: August 12, 2025. This is an SGEM Xtra, and today, we’re putting on our conference lanyards and boarding passes to talk about one of the most exciting events in the global EM calendar, IncrEMentuM 2026. For those who did not attend IncrEMentuM 2025, it set the bar incredibly high. From the moment delegates walked […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Incrementum 2026 first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: August 12, 2025 Article: FDA Approved and Ineffective by Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee. June 5, 2025. The Lever. Guest Skeptic: Jeanne Lenzer is a long-time medical investigative journalist and returning SGEM guest. Her previous work, including the book The Danger Within Us, explored how conflicts of interest and weak evidence can endanger patient care. In […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Tell Me Lies, Sweet Little Lies – FDA Approved & Ineffective first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Jessen et al. Pharmacological interventions for the acute treatment of hyperkalaemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2025 Date: August 6, 2025 Guest Skeptic: William Toon is a paramedic who, this past May achieved over 50 years of continuous EMS certification. His professional path has taken him from front-line paramedic to national presenter, expert witness, flight […]
The post SGEM#484: The Warrior – Pharmacological Interventions for the Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: August 11, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Gillian Schmitz is a board-certified Emergency Physician practicing at The Naval Medical Center in San Diego. She is also a former President of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). This SGEM Xtra is inspired by the 1992 film A League of Their Own. Unlike our previous pop culture references like Buffy […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Now and Forever – A League of Their Own (Women in EM) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Otterness et al. The Use of TENS for the Treatment of Back Pain in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AEM Aug 2025 Date: August 22, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Baystate. She is the […]
The post SGEM#483: Electricity – TENS Units for Treating Back Pain first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Othman AA, et al. Combined ketamine and midazolam vs. midazolam alone for initial treatment of pediatric generalized convulsive status epilepticus (Ket-Mid study): A randomized controlled trial. Pediatric Neurology. June 2025 Date: May 27, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. James Chamberlain is a pediatric emergency medicine attending physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC where […]
The post SGEM#482: Seize the Day with Ketamine and Midazolam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: July 10, 2025 Guest Skeptics: Professor Timothy Caulfield is a Canadian professor of law at the University of Alberta, the Research Director of its Health Law Institute. His area of expertise is in legal, policy and ethical issues in medical research and its commercialization. This is another SGEM Xtra book review. Tim was our guest skeptic a […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Illusion – What you Don’t Know and Why it Matters first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Kemal et al. Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury. AEM July 2025 Date: July 28, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the UK and an evidence-based medicine advocate. She’s a seasoned knowledge translator with her wonderful PaperinaPic infographics. Case: Your non-US emergency […]
The post SGEM#481: Shot Through the Chart And You’re to Blame – But Can We Intervene? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Bourke EM, et al. PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Feb 2025 Date: April 29, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Brad Sobolewski, is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University […]
The post SGEM#480: In the End It Doesn’t Even Matter: Oral Olanzapine or Diazepam for Pediatric Agitation first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: July 9, 2025 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Cindy Bitter is an Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Saint Louis University. She has a Master’s in Bioethics, and she is passionate about EM capacity building and physician resilience, especially improving wellness through time in nature. Dr. Amy Bi is a graduate from […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Career Advice from Buffy the Vampire Slayer first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Arnold CG, et al. Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule. Acad Emerg Med. Jan 2025 Date: May 7, 2025 Guest Skeptic : Dr. Sandi Angus is a Paediatric and Adult Emergency Medicine Registrar in the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. She is passionate about […]
The post SGEM #479: Light Em Up Up Up (CT) or Not for Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Solnick et al. Sex Disparities in Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Treatment in US Adult Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM June 2025 Date: June 24, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Suchismita Datta. She is an Assistant Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the NYU Grossman Long Island Hospital […]
The post SGEM#478: If I Were a Man: Sex-Based Disparities in the Treatment of STIs first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Ye et al. Preoxygenation strategies before intubation in patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a network meta-analysis. Frontiers in Medicine. 2025 Feb Date: June 12, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aine Yore is an Emergency Physician, practicing in the Seattle, Washington area for over twenty years. She is the former president of the Washington chapter […]
The post SGEM#477: I Can Feel It Coming In the Air Tonight…But By Which Pre-Oxygenation Strategy first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: June 2, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Andrew (Andy) Tagg is an Emergency Physician with a special interest in education and lifelong learning. He is the co-founder and website lead of Don’t Forget the Bubbles. This is another SGEM Xtra that talks about what we can learn about being physicians from certain pop culture (TV […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It – To Be an EM Doc first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: May 14, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ross Prager is an Intensivist at the London Health Sciences Centre and an adjunct professor at Western University. His expertise in critical care medicine is complemented by his research interests in critical care ultrasound and evidence-based knowledge translation. This is an SGEM Xtra episode. The inspiration was a […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Ten Lessons They Don’t Teach in Medical School (But Should) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: St Peter, et al. Appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children: an open-label, international, multicentre, randomized noni-inferiority trial. The Lancet. Jan 2025 Date: March 19, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Camille Wu is a paediatric surgeon based at Sydney Children’s Hospital where she is the Head of Department. She is also on the […]
The post SGEM#476: Cuts like a Knife or Antibiotics for Pediatric Appendicitis first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Reference: Cohen et al; SUSPECT study group. Can we avoid casting for suspected scaphoid fractures? A multicenter randomized controlled trial. J Orthop Traumatol. 2025 Date: May 1, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt Schmitz is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in Adolescent Sports Medicine and Young Adult Hip Preservation. He practices at the Rady Children’s Hospital in […]
The post SGEM#475: Break on Through to the Other Side – Management of Clinical Scaphoid Fractures first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Date: May 6, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Actor, producer and director Noah Wyle. Many of us know him as Dr. John Carter from ER, the show that arguably influenced an entire generation of EM physicians. Since that groundbreaking show, he has been busy with multiple movie roles (Pirates of Silicon Valley, Donnie Darko, White Oleander, Shot, and […]
The post SGEM Xtra: Doctor, Doctor – Paging Dr. Robby first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
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