The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
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The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
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SGEM Memes #500
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SGEM#500: Don’t You Want Me – Etomidate or Ketamine for Induction of Critically Ill Patients
Date: January 17, 2026 Reference: Casey et al. RSI Investigators and the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group. Ketamine or Etomidate for Tracheal I...
SGEM Xtra: Hit Me with Your Best Block – 2025 AHS ED Migraine Guidelines
Date: January 5, 2026 Reference: Robblee et al. 2025 guideline update to acute treatment of migraine for adults in the emergency department: The Ameri...
SGEM Memes #499
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SGEM Twitter Poll #499
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SGEM#499: Under Pressure – To Start Antihypertensives in Hypertensive ED Patients at Discharge
Date: December 23, 2025 Reference: Todd et al. Antihypertensive prescription is associated with improved 30-day outcomes for discharged hypertensive e...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #498
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SGEM Paper in a Pic #497
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SGEM Memes #498
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SGEM#498: Andromeda – Cap Refill Time for Personalized Sepsis Treatment
Date: November 27, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the #FOAMed project called www.First10EM.c...
SGEM Memes #497
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SGEM#497: We Could be Heroes – Just with a Little Help from Batman
Date: Dec 17, 2025 Reference: Pagnini F, et al. Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect. npj Mental Health Research. November 2025...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #496
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SGEM Paper in a Pic #495
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SGEM#496: Hangin’ Tough after a Nerve Block for Pediatric Femur Fractures
Reference: Binder ZW et al. “Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block for Pediatric Femur Fractures in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Multi-Center Study...
SGEM Twitter Poll #494
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SGEM#495: Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies – Reporting of Noninferiority Margins on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Date: December 4, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jestin Carlson – Long-time listener, second-time guest. Reference: Reinaud et al. Reporting of Noninferior...
SGEM Memes #494
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SGEM#494: Another day for you and me in pain – Chronic Abdominal Pain and ED visits
Date: November 26, 2025 Reference: Ray et al. Emergency Department Visit Frequency Among Adults with Chronic Abdominal Pain: Findings From the 2023 US...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #493
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SGEM Memes #493
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SGEM#493: You Can’t Hold Me Down with Spinal Motion Restrictions
Date: November 8, 2025 Reference: Millin M, et al., Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Prehospital Management of Spinal Cord Injuries – A NAEMSP Comprehen...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #492
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SGEM Memes #492
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SGEM Xtra Meme Health Communication
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SGEM#492: Give Blood – To Anemic Patients with Acute Brain Injuries
Date: November 12, 2025 Reference: Taccone et al. Restrictive vs Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Patients With Acute Brain Injury The TRAIN Randomized...
SGEM Xtra: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution…Training Health Communicators
Date: October 17, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kristen Panthagani is an emergency medicine resident and Yale Emergency Scholar at Yale New Haven Hospital....
SGEM#491: Prevalence of violence against health care workers among agitated patients in an urban emergency department
Date: October 30, 2025 Reference: Boes et al. Prevalence of violence against health care workers among agitated patients in an urban emergency departm...
SGEM Paper in a Pic #490
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SGEM#490: These (Removable) Boots are Made for Walking
Reference: Boutin A, et al. Removable Boot vs Casting of Toddler’s Fractures: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. Published April 2025. Date:...
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SGEM Twitter Poll #488
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SGEM#489: Smooth Muscle Relaxator – But does Magnesium Work for Renal Colic?
Date: October 10, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in...