Date:  June 11th, 2014  Guest Skeptics: Dr. Jeremy Faust is a Emergency Medicine resident Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City. Jeremy is a self described evidence based medicine zealot. He writes a column in ACEP News on the topic of social media. Jeremy also just launched an excellent new podcast series with Lauren Westafer called FOAMCast. Case Scenario: 24 year […]

Date:  June 2nd, 2014  Guest Skeptics: Dr. Anthony Crocco Division Head and Medical Director of Pediatrics  Emergency Medicine at McMaster University. Case Scenario #1: A two year old child presents to the emergency department with a simple laceration on his forehead. You decide to use a tissue adhesive rather than sutures. Question #1: Does a topically applied […]

Date:  May 27th, 2014 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Joe Lex. Many consider Dr. Joe Lex the Godfather of the FOAM (Free Open Access to Medication) movement. Dr. Lex is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. His site called Free Emergency Medicine Talks has over 2,300 MP3s of lectures. It is an unbelievable global and free resource for […]

Date:  May 22nd, 2014  Guest Skeptics: Dr. Salim Rezaie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at the University of Texas at San Antonio. You may better know him from his website REBEL EM or twitter handle @srrezaie. Case Scenario: 56yo man presents to the emergency department and is diagnosed with community […]

Date:  May 13th, 2014  Guest Skeptics: Dr. Steve Carroll is an active duty Emergency Medicine Physician with the US Army.  He runs the EM Basic podcast which reviews core EM topics at the level of a medical student or intern.  Steve is currently on the clinical staff at Darnall Army Community Hospital in Fort Hood Texas. However, […]

Click to listen to SGEM Ad with Disclaimer. Welcome to the Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine – Meet ’em, greet ’em, treat ’em and street ’em. My name is Ken Milne. The goal of the SGEM is to cut the knowledge translation window from 10 years down to 1 year. It does this by using social […]

Date:  May 1st, 2014  Guest Skeptic: Physiotherapist Dagny Kane-Haas. Dagny is a currently studying for her Masters degree in Clinical Science in Manipulative Therapy. Case Scenario: A 54 year old man presents with increasing pain in his right shoulder. Question: Does this patient with shoulder pain have rotator cuff disease? Background: Shoulder pain is the third most common […]

Date:  April 28th, 2014  Classic Guest Skeptic: Dr. Pik Mukherji otherwise known as ER Cowboy on Twitter. Dr. Mukherji is an emergency physician from New York City. Case Scenario: A 54 year old man presents with acute onset of headache. His blood pressure 210/110mmHg. CT scan shows and acute bleed. Question: Does rapid lowering of blood pressure […]

Many consider Dr. Joe Lex the Godfather of the FOAM (Free Open Access to Medication) movement. Dr. Lex is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. His site called Free Emergency Medicine Talks has over 2,300 MP3s of lectures. It is an unbelievable global and free resource for anyone interested in emergency medicine. Dr. Lex […]

Date:  April 25, 2014 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Nicholas Genes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. The SGEM is always trying to cut the knowledge translation window down from 10 years to 1 year. It does this using social media to get you […]