SGEM#191: No Time for Physio – Roll With It
Podcast Link: SGEM191 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#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...
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