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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…

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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…

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.…

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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…

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Date:  April 11, 2014 

Guest Skeptics: Dr. Anthony (Tony) Seupaul Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Dr. Joshua Hughes one of his star residents.

Case Scenario: A 36 yr old previously healthy white male that comes into the emergency department mid morning one Sunday after about…

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Date:  April 8, 2014 

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaninathan or Swami to his friends. He is an assistant program director at NYU/Bellevue Hospital in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Swami is an emergency medicine myth buster and a strong supporter of Free Open Access to Meducation (FOAMed).

Case Scenario: An 85-year-old woman presents to…

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Date:  April 2, 2014

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Suneel Upahdye Suneel is a founding member of the BEEM Team.

Case Scenario: You are working in a rural community emergency department. The next patient you see is a 71 year old man who has been sick for three days with fever, chills and a productive cough.  …

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Date:  March 27, 2014

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anthony Crocco Anthony is the pediatric member of the BEEM Dream Team. Anthony works at McMaster University and is the Medical Director and Division Head for Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Case Scenario: 18 month old girl presents to the emergency department with viral gastroenteritis. She has vomiting, diarrhea…

The BEEM Dream Team of Drs. Anthony Crocco, Ken Milne and Suneel Upadhye. returned from Stockholm, Sweden this weekend. It was a fantastic trip filled with great experiences and knowledge translation.

The adventure started with our arrival in the airport wearing Swedish hockey jerseys (while in Rome). This was despite the fact that Dr. Katrin…

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Date:  March 23, 2014

Case Scenario: Thirty-year-old woman presents for the first time with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). You call the cardiologist after three unsuccessfully attempts to chemically convert her into sinus. The cardiologists asked you why you did not try the Valsalva maneuver (VM).

Question: Is the valsalva maneuver effective in converting supra ventricular…