Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSGEM Xtra: Illusion – What you Don’t Know and Why it Matters
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 …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
SGEM#481: Shot Through the Chart And You’re to Blame – But Can We Intervene?
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 M…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
SGEM#480: In the End It Doesn’t Even Matter: Oral Olanzapine or Diazepam for Pediatric Agitation
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. …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
SGEM Xtra: Career Advice from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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 …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
SGEM #479: Light Em Up Up Up (CT) or Not for Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma?
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…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
SGEM#478: If I Were a Man: Sex-Based Disparities in the Treatment of STIs
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 Skep…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
SGEM#477: I Can Feel It Coming In the Air Tonight…But By Which Pre-Oxygenation Strategy
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 Gue…
Published on 6 months ago
SGEM Xtra: Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It – To Be an EM Doc
Date: June 2, 2025 Dr. Andrew Tagg 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 …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
SGEM Xtra: Ten Lessons They Don’t Teach in Medical School (But Should)
Date: May 14, 2025 Dr. Ross Prager 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 ca…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
SGEM#476: Cuts like a Knife or Antibiotics for Pediatric Appendicitis
Reference: St Peter, et al. Appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children: an open-label, international, multicentre, randomized noni-inferiority trial. The Lanc…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago