SGEM#365: Stop! It’s Not Always Hammer Time
Date: April 16th, 2022 Reference: Blom et al. Common elective orthopaedic procedures and their clinical effectiveness: umbrella review of level 1 evidence. BMJ 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt Schmitz,...
View ArticleSGEM#366: Relax, Don’t Do It – Skeletal Muscle Relaxants for Low Back Pain
Date: May 13th, 2022 Reference: Abril et al. The Relative Efficacy of Seven Skeletal Muscle Relaxants. An Analysis of Data From Randomized Studies. J Emerg Med 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is...
View ArticleSGEM#372: Use the FORCE for Buckle Wrist Fractures in Children
Date: July 22nd, 2022 Reference: Perry et al. Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK. The Lancet 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr....
View ArticleSGEM#381: Put Your Hand on My Shoulder and Reduce It
Date: October 27th, 2022 Reference: Hayashi et al. Comparative efficacy of sedation or analgesia methods for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation: A systematic review and network meta-analysis....
View ArticleSGEM#385: If the Bones are Good, the Rest Don’t Matter – Operative vs...
Date: November 30th, 2022 Reference: Johnson et al. One-year outcome of surgery compared with immobilization in a cast for adults with an undisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fracture: A...
View ArticleSGEM#3: To X-ray or not to X-ray (Ottawa Ankle Rule)
[display_podcast] Date: September 3, 2012 Case Scenario: An eight year old girl brought into emergency department by mother after twisting her ankle on a trampoline. She was able to walk on it but has...
View ArticleSGEM#5: Does Johnny “kneed” an X-ray? (Ottawa Knee Rule)
[display_podcast] Date: September 4, 2012 Case Scenario: Ten year old Johnny was playing hockey last night. Twisted his knee but could not finish the game. Mom brings him in after asking for an xray....
View ArticleSGEM#6: Orthopedic Surgeons: Strong AND Smart!
[display_podcast] Date: September 4, 2012 Case Scenario: A new anesthetist meets a new orthopedic colleague who jokes that his hand shake is very firm but can’t finish the cross word puzzle. Question:...
View ArticleSGEM#19: Bust-a-Move (Buckle and Greenstick Fractures)
[display_podcast] Date: 13 January 2013 Case Scenario: A nine-year-old girl playing ringette slipped on ice and hurt her right, dominant wrist. She was seen in an “academic” pediatric emergency...
View ArticleSGEM#27: Bad to the Bone (Diabetic Osteomyelitis)
[display_podcast] Date: 10 March 2013 Case Scenario: 62 year-old man presents to the emergency department feeling weak. His vital signs at triage are normal but his glucometer reading is high. He is a...
View ArticleSGEM#39: Weak in the Knees (Diagnosis of Septic Joint)
[display_podcast] 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...
View ArticleSGEM#60: Nitrous Oxide It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
[display_podcast] Date: January 22, 2014 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Josh Williams Case Scenario: You are working at “The Hut” (Ski Patrol Hut) and a 46yo snowboarder comes in after falling. He has an obvious...
View ArticleSGEM#65: Relax, Don’t Do It (Top 5 List for Emergency Medicine)
[display_podcast] Date: March 6, 2014 Each week I usually put my skeptical eye on a recent publication. This is an attempt to cut the knowledge translation window down from an average of 10 years to 1...
View ArticleSGEM#74: Broken Arms (Diagnosing Rotator Cuff Disease)
[display_podcast] 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...
View ArticleSGEM#80: CRASH-2 (Classic Paper)
[display_podcast] Date: June 12th, 2014 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaninathan is an assistant program director at NYU/Bellevue Hospital in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Case Scenario: You are...
View ArticleSGEM#87: Let Your Back Bone Slide (Paracetamol for Low-Back Pain)
[display_podcast] Date: September 17th, 2014 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Pal Ager-Wick is from Norway. Consultant at Legevakten in Drammen, which is a GP run ED handling most things except major trauma. Keen...
View ArticleSGEM#89: Preventing Falling to Pieces
[display_podcast] Date: October 5th, 2014 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Carpenter. Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine. Director, Evidence Based Medicine, Washington University. C0-Author of Evidence...
View ArticleSGEM#121: Internal or External Shoulder Immobilization (It Don’t Matter to Me)
[display_podcast] Date: May 22nd, 2015 Guest Skeptic: Dagny Kane-Haas is a physiotherapist who just completed her Masters degree in Clinical Science in Manipulative Therapy. Case: 24 year-old man is...
View ArticleSGEM#124: Ultrasound for Skull Fractures – Little Bones
[display_podcast] Date: June 11th, 2015 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Greg Hall is Director of EM Ultrasound at the Brantford General Hospital in Brantford Ontario and Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster...
View ArticleSGEM#130: Low Dose Ketamine for Acute Pain Control in the Emergency Department
[display_podcast] Date: September 22nd, 2015 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Marcel Emond is an Associate professor, Laval University. Emergency physician the level one trauma centre in Quebec City. Research...
View ArticleSGEM#138: Hip to be Blocked – Regional Nerve Blocks for Hip and Femoral Neck...
[display_podcast] Date: November 29th, 2015 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Brandon Ritcey is an Emergency Medicine Resident from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Chris Bond is an Emergency Medicine physician and...
View ArticleSGEM#173: Diazepam Won’t Get Back Pain Down
[display_podcast] Date: March 21st, 2017 Reference: Friedman BW et al. Diazepam is no better than placebo when added to naproxen for acute low back pain. Ann Emerg Med 2017. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand...
View ArticleSGEM Xtra: Talk Trauma 2017- Tales from the Outer Rim
Date: April 7th, 2017 Superstar Nurse Brenda Palsa and I had a wonderful time presenting at Talk Trauma 2017 this week in London, Ontario. It is a one day conference for nurses, allied health & EMS...
View ArticleSGEM#177: POCUS – A New Sensation for Diagnosing Pediatric Fractures
[display_podcast] Date: May 1st, 2017 Reference: Poonai et al. Point-of-care ultrasound for non-angulated distal forearm fractures in children: test performance characteristics and patient-centered...
View ArticleSGEM#187: Pin Cushion – Acupuncture in the Emergency Department
[display_podcast] Date: September 7th, 2017 Reference: Cohen et al. Acupuncture for analgesia in the emergency department: a multicentre, randomised, equivalence and non-inferiority trial. MJA 2017...
View ArticleSGEM#191: No Time for Physio – Roll With It
[display_podcast] Date: October 5th, 2017 Reference: Brison et al. Effect of early supervised physiotherapy on recovery from acute ankle sprain: randomised controlled trial. BMJ Nov 2016. Guest...
View ArticleSGEM#224: Battlefield Acupuncture – Don’t Do Me Like That
[display_podcast] Date: June 20th, 2018 Reference: Fox LM et al. Battlefield acupuncture to treat low back pain in the emergency department. Am J EM 2018 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an...
View ArticleSGEM#232: I Can See Clearly Now the Collar is Gone – Thanks to the Triage Nurse
[display_podcast] Date: October 5th , 2018 Reference: Stiell et al. A Multicenter Program to Implement the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Emergency Department Triage Nurses. Annals of EM Oct 2018 Guest...
View ArticleSGEM#240: I Can’t Get No Satisfaction for My Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Date: January 10th , 2019 Reference: Busse JW et al. Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA December 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is an Emergency...
View ArticleSGEM#288: Crazy Game of POCUS to Diagnose Shoulder Dislocations
Date: March 27th, 2020 Reference: Secko et al. Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography to Diagnose Dislocated Shoulders: A ProspectiveCohort. Ann Emerg Med Feb 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Tony Zitek is an...
View ArticleSGEM#304: Treating Acute Low Back Pain – It’s Tricky, Tricky, Tricky
Date: October 9th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. He is also one of the world’s...
View ArticleSGEM#317: Dese Bones Gonna Heal Again – With or Without a Non-Selective NSAID
Date: January 22nd, 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Steve Joseph. Steve completed his Sport Medicine fellowship training with the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in 2017. He served with the Canadian...
View ArticleSGEM#342: Should We Get Physical, Therapy for Minor Musculoskeletal Disorders...
Date: August 27th, 2021 Reference: Gagnon et al. Direct-access physiotherapy to help manage patients with musculoskeletal disorders in an emergency department: Results of a randomized controlled trial....
View ArticleSGEM#415: Buckle Down for some Ultrasound to Diagnosis Distal Forearm Fractures
Reference: Snelling et al. Ultrasonography or radiography for suspected pediatric distal forearm fractures. New England Journal of Medicine June 2023 Date: July 19, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Casey Parker...
View ArticleSGEM#418: I Ain’t Missing You – Spinal Epidural Abscess
Date: October 20, 2023 Reference: Cai et al. Implementation of a Clinical Management Tool for Spinal Epidural Abscess Early Diagnosis. AEM October 2023. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a...
View ArticleSGEM#419: Welcome Back – To Another Episode on Back Pain
Date: October 26, 2023 Reference: Jones et al. Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial placebo-controlled trial. Lancet July 2023...
View ArticleSGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid...
Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al. Which clinical features best predict occult scaphoid fractures? A systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy studies. Emerg Med J. Aug 2023 Guest...
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