Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSGEM Xtra: The REBEL vs. The SKEPTIC at SMACC 2019
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 Sydney, Australia. It was the EBM rumble down und…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
SGEM#288: Crazy Game of POCUS to Diagnose Shoulder Dislocations
Date: March 27th, 2020 Reference: Secko et al. Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Diagnose Dislocated Shoulders: A ProspectiveCohort. Ann Emerg Med Feb 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Tony Zitek is an Emer…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
SGEM#287: Difficult to Breathe – It Could Be Pneumonia
Date: March 18th, 2020 Reference: Ebell et al. Accuracy of Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Adult Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Meta-analysis. AEM March 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an em…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
SGEM Xtra: She Blinded Me with Science – Not Pseudoscience
Date: March 12th, 2020 Dr. Jonathan Stea Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jonathan Stea (@Jonathanstea) is a PhD Clinical Psychologist working at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta. He is also an A…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?
Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel. A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2019 The Respiratory Prote…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
SGEM#285: And I See Your True Colours Calming You – From your Anxiety
Date: February 28th, 2020 Reference: Rajendran et al. Randomised control trial of adult therapeutic colouring for the management of significant anxiety in the Emergency Department. AEM February 2020…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
SGEM Xtra: Right, You’re Bloody Well Right, You’ve got the Bloody Right to Care
Date: January 27th, 2020 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Richelle Cooper is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Maia Dorsett is an Emergency and EMS Physician at …
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
SGEM#284: Might as Well Jump, but We would Recommend a Parachute
Date: February 11th, 2020 Reference: Yeh et al. Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial. BMJ 2018. Guest Skeptic: Marcus Prescott is a…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
SGEM#283: Can You Be Absolutely Right in Diagnosing a SAH Using a Clinical Decision Instrument?
Date: January 29th, 2020 Reference: Perry et al. Prospective Implementation of the Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule and 6-Hour Computed Tomography Rule. Stroke 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rory Spiege…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
SGEM#281ss: Balance of Prognostic Factors in Randomized Controlled Trials
Date: January 25th, 2020 SGEM#281: EM Docs Got an AmbuBag Statistically Significant: Dan Lane We want to make the SGEM even better and address some of the criticisms from the ClinEpi world abo…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago