Date: March 22, 2023 Reference: Hilsden et al. Point of care biliary ultrasound in the emergency department (BUSED) predicts final surgical management decisions. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Casey Parker is a Rural Generalist that includes in his practice emergency medicine, anesthesia, and critical care. He is also now a fully-fledged “sonologist”. Casey […]

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Date: February 27, 2023 Reference: Walsh PS, Schnadower D, Zhang Y, Ramgopal S, Shah SS, Wilson PM. Association of early oseltamivir with improved outcomes in hospitalized children with influenza, 2007-2020. JAMA Pediatr. 2022. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Marisu Rueda-Altez is a pediatric infectious disease fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. She is also the […]

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Date: March 8, 2023 Reference: Smida et al. A Retrospective Nationwide Comparison of the iGel and King Laryngeal Tube Supraglottic Airways for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation. Prehospital Emergency Care 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Root is a third-year resident physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM. […]

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Date: March 3, 2023 Reference: Hosseinialhashemi et al. Intranasal Topical Application of Tranexamic Acid in Atraumatic Anterior Epistaxis: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dominique Trudel is a CCFP-EM resident in Ottawa, Ontario. Her interest is serving French minority communities delivering care at the Montfort Hospital in Ottawa. Case: Jim is […]

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Reference: Cashen K, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, et al. Sodium bicarbonate use during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a secondary analysis of the icu-resuscitation project trial. Pediatric Crit Care Med. 2022 Date: February 15, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Carlie Myers is Pediatric Critical Care Attending at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Case: A 6-month-old boy presents to […]

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Date: February 17, 2023 Reference: Gettel et al. Rising high-acuity emergency care services independently billed by advanced practice providers, 2013 to 2019. AEM Feb 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. He is also an avid FOAM supporter/producer through various online outlets including TheSGEM. Case: You are […]

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Date: February 7, 2023 Reference: Cheskes et al. Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. NEJM 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sean Moore is an emergency physician working in Kenora Ontario, where he is Chief of Staff at Lake of the Woods District Hospital, Northern Medical Director for the Ornge air medical transport program and associate medical director with CritiCall […]

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Date: February 1, 2023 Reference: Wolfrum et al. Temperature Control After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Circulation. September 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the #FOAMed project called www.First10EM.com Case: You are working an overnight shift at a small rural hospital. You are tidying your things […]

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Date: January 22, 2022 Reference: Samuels-Kalow M et al. Post-Roe Emergency Medicine: Policy, clinical, training, and individual implications for emergency clinicians. AEM Dec 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Michelle Lin is an emergency physician and health services researcher whose goal is to transform acute care delivery to best meet the needs of those who experience the […]

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Reference: Babl et al. Efficacy of prednisolone for bell palsy in children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial (BellPIC). Neurology 2022 Date: January 3, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jennifer Harmon is an MD, Ph.D at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. She is a board-certified pediatric neurologist and completing another fellowship in medical genetics. Case: […]

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