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Date:  October 9, 2013

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jeff Perry. Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa.

Case Scenario: A34-year-old woman presents with acute onset of headache peaking in 30 minutes with no recent trauma, focal deficits and a normal neurologic examination.…

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Date:  October, 2013

Title: Hail to the Chief

Guest Skeptic: Dr. David Newman. Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NY. The creator of The NNT and SMART EM.  Author of Hippocrates’ Shadow: Secrets from the House of Medicine.

Case Scenario: 67 former president of the USA presents with fever, lethargy,…

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Date:  September 27, 2013

Title: Don’t Pass the Dutchie from the Left Hand Side

Case Scenario: 22yo man presents for the third time in a week with vomiting. He was worked up extensively in the previous two visits and no cause was found. Nothing seems to stop the vomiting. He has a similar bout…

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Date:  September 20, 2013

Title: Vitamin H – Haloperidol

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anthony (Tony) Seupaul, Chair of EM, University of Arkansas

Case Scenario: 23 yr man with schizophrenia presents with police after being picked up for violent outburst at a coffee shop. He is clearly agitated and you need to chemically restrain him.

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Date:  September 15, 2013

Title: Pause: Etomidate and RSI in Sepsis

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Suneel Upadhye, McMaster University

Associate Clin Prof EM, Assoc Member Dept CEB McMaster University

Chair, CAEP Guideline Committee

Sepsis publications: JEM 2009 MEDS score review, CCRT CJEM 2007

Case Scenario: 70 year old man arrives by ambulance from home with…

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Date:  September 6th, 2013

Title: One is the Loneliest Number

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Andrew Worster, McMaster University

Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine

Associate Member, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Associate Editor, ACP Journal Club and Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Case Scenario: 43 year old woman comes in with…

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Date:  June 30, 2013

Title: Don’t Panic

Welcome to the Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine. Meet ’em, greet ’em, treat ’em and street ’em. This will be the final podcast in Season #1 of TheSGEM. It seems like a natural place to pause at Episode #42 given the references to The Hitchhikers Guide to…

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Date: June 16th, 2013

Case Scenario: A 66-year-old man presents with a 48 hour history of fever, lethargy and headache. No significant past medical history. On physical examination he has a temperature of 38.8C, GCS 15, stiff neck on flexion and no rash. Urinalysis and chest x-ray are normal. Laboratory testing reports an elevated…

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Date:  June 9, 2013

Title: Great White North (CanFOAMed)

Last week I attended the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) meeting in Vancouver. It was a wonderful trip for a number of reasons. The first and most important reason was my 13 year daughter Sage accompanied me on the trip. It was so much…

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Date:  June 2, 2013

Title: Weak in the Knees (Diagnosis of Septic Joint)

Guest Host: Dr. Chris Carpenter

Case Scenario: 40yo construction worker presents to the emergency department with a swollen and painful right knee. No history of injury. No significant past medical history. Palpable effusion on examination with no overlying redness or warmth…