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Date: January 25th, 2018

Reference: Hawkins et al. Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Insertion and Use in the Emergency Department: An Intervention Study. AEM Jan 2018

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency.

Case: You are caring for a patient with a…

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Date: January 26th, 2018

Happy New Years again SGEMers. This is just a quick SGEM Xtra episode to let you know what I am going to be trying to do in 2018 to help you cut the knowledge translation (KT) window down from over ten years to less than one year. It involves following…

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Date: January 15th, 2018

Reference: Sadeghirad B, et al. Corticosteroids for treatment of sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ 2017

Guest Skeptic: Meghan Groth is an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. She has contributed to the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine and EM…

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Date: January 9th, 2018

Reference: Soleimanpour H et al. Effectiveness of intravenous lidocaine versus intravenous morphine for patients with renal colic in the emergency department. Urology 2012

Guest Skeptics: Dr. Tony Seupaul is the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Rachel Littlefield is a PGY2 in Emergency…

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Date: December 19th, 2017

Reference: Perry J et al. Validation of the Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rule in patients with acute headache. CMAJ Nov 2017

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Carpenter is from Washington University, Deputy Editor of Academic Emergency Medicine and faculty member of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care course.

Case:  A 35-year-old female presents…

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Date: December 28th, 2017

This is a special year end episode of the SGEM. It is time to reflect upon 2017 while at the same time look forward to 2018.

It has been an incredible year for a number of reasons. We had some fantastic papers to review, excellent guest skeptics and super SGEM…

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Date: December 25th, 2017

Happy holidays to all the SGEMers. Please accept this PDF book of Season#3. It is a holiday gift from me to you to say thank you for all the support and encouragement over the last few years.

There are now close to 35,000 subscribers and the SGEM is translated into…

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Date: December 19th, 2017

Reference: Lesassier Hamilton A. Dissertatio Medica lnauguralis De Synocho Castrensi [Inaugural medical dissertation on camp fever]. Edinburgh: J Ballantyne, 1816.

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Leeper is an assistant professor of surgery at Western University and the London Health Sciences Centre.  His practice is in trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical…

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Date: November 27th, 2017

Reference: Legriel et al. Hypothermia for Neuroprotection in Convulsive Status Epilepticus. NEJM Dec 2016

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neal Little is an Emergency Physician who works at Chelsea Hospital in Chelsea, Michigan. He is also a Faculty member of the Emergency Medicine and Acute Care Series 1986 to present.

Case: Johnny…

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Date: November 28th, 2017

Reference: Motov S et al. A Prospective Randomized, Double-Dummy Trial Comparing Intravenous Push Dose of Low Dose Ketamine to Short Infusion of Low Dose Ketamine for Treatment of Moderate to Severe Pain in the Emergency Department. AJEM 2017.

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salim Rezaie is a faculty physician at Greater San…