The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine Podcast

All Episodes

SGEM Xtra: This One Goes to 11 – ATLS 11th Edition

32:39 Mar 28, 2026

SGEM#506: Aww I’m Itchy…and I need a Second Generation Antihistamine

25:08 Mar 21, 2026

SGEM#505: Close Enough for (ARF) Acute Respiratory Failure (HFNO vs NIV)

36:37 Mar 14, 2026

SGEM Xtra: It’s My Life – DPhil in Oxford

31:34 Mar 7, 2026

SGEM Xtra: You say you want a revolution – well you know – Against the Grain: Defiant Giants Who Changed the World

52:00 Feb 28, 2026

SGEM#504: Home Where I Wanted to Go After Anaphylaxis

25:21 Feb 21, 2026

SGEM#503: Waiting is the Hardest Part – Factors Associated with ED LOS

55:49 Feb 14, 2026

SGEM#502: Playing with the Queen of Hearts – AI, Is It Very Smart (for ECG Interpretation)?

33:14 Feb 7, 2026

SGEM Xtra: Machines – Or Back to Human

52:31 Jan 31, 2026

SGEM#501: Here it Goes Again – Another Clinical Decision Rule for Febrile Infants 61-90 Days

51:02 Jan 24, 2026

SGEM Memes #500

52:50 Jan 19, 2026

SGEM#500: Don’t You Want Me – Etomidate or Ketamine for Induction of Critically Ill Patients

0:00 Jan 17, 2026

SGEM Xtra: Hit Me with Your Best Block – 2025 AHS ED Migraine Guidelines

1:12:03 Jan 10, 2026

SGEM#499: Under Pressure – To Start Antihypertensives in Hypertensive ED Patients at Discharge

45:58 Jan 3, 2026

SGEM#498: Andromeda – Cap Refill Time for Personalized Sepsis Treatment

30:02 Dec 28, 2025

SGEM#497: We Could be Heroes – Just with a Little Help from Batman

28:19 Dec 20, 2025

SGEM#496: Hangin’ Tough after a Nerve Block for Pediatric Femur Fractures

33:45 Dec 13, 2025

SGEM#495: Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies – Reporting of Noninferiority Margins on ClinicalTrials.gov.

24:54 Dec 6, 2025

SGEM#494: Another day for you and me in pain – Chronic Abdominal Pain and ED visits

42:42 Nov 29, 2025

SGEM#493: You Can’t Hold Me Down with Spinal Motion Restrictions

1:02:27 Nov 22, 2025

SGEM#492: Give Blood – To Anemic Patients with Acute Brain Injuries

17:55 Nov 16, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution…Training Health Communicators

32:08 Nov 8, 2025

SGEM#491: Prevalence of violence against health care workers among agitated patients in an urban emergency department

43:16 Nov 1, 2025

SGEM#490: These (Removable) Boots are Made for Walking

23:04 Oct 25, 2025

SGEM#489: Smooth Muscle Relaxator – But does Magnesium Work for Renal Colic?

45:45 Oct 18, 2025

SGEM#488: It’s Just a Minor Stroke – Should We Still Lyse?

0:00 Oct 11, 2025

SGEM#487: Tell Me How I’m Supposed to Breathe with No Air? Nasal High Flow or Standard Care for Pediatric Intubation

35:43 Oct 4, 2025

SGEM#486: Call Me, on the Line – Telemental Health for Suicide Prevention

41:48 Sep 27, 2025

SGEM#485: I Want a New Drug – One Not Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

37:45 Sep 23, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Incrementum 2026

21:48 Sep 20, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Tell Me Lies, Sweet Little Lies – FDA Approved & Ineffective

52:11 Sep 14, 2025

SGEM#484: The Warrior – Pharmacological Interventions for the Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia

22:21 Sep 6, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Now and Forever – A League of Their Own (Women in EM)

33:35 Aug 30, 2025

SGEM#483: Electricity – TENS Units for Treating Back Pain

31:18 Aug 23, 2025

SGEM#482: Seize the Day with Ketamine and Midazolam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus

31:26 Aug 16, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Illusion – What you Don’t Know and Why it Matters

58:44 Aug 9, 2025

SGEM#481: Shot Through the Chart And You’re to Blame – But Can We Intervene?

36:05 Aug 2, 2025

SGEM#480: In the End It Doesn’t Even Matter: Oral Olanzapine or Diazepam for Pediatric Agitation

33:37 Jul 26, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Career Advice from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

26:16 Jul 12, 2025

SGEM #479: Light Em Up Up Up (CT) or Not for Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma?

24:12 Jul 5, 2025

SGEM#478: If I Were a Man: Sex-Based Disparities in the Treatment of STIs

38:50 Jun 28, 2025

SGEM#477: I Can Feel It Coming In the Air Tonight…But By Which Pre-Oxygenation Strategy

32:36 Jun 15, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It – To Be an EM Doc

24:21 Jun 7, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Ten Lessons They Don’t Teach in Medical School (But Should)

37:22 Jun 1, 2025

SGEM#476: Cuts like a Knife or Antibiotics for Pediatric Appendicitis

45:06 May 24, 2025

SGEM#475: Break on Through to the Other Side – Management of Clinical Scaphoid Fractures

25:46 May 17, 2025

SGEM Xtra: Doctor, Doctor – Paging Dr. Robby

28:34 May 10, 2025

SGEM#474: Help! Which Clinical Decision Aid should I use to Risk Stratify Febrile Infants?

31:15 May 3, 2025

SGEM#473: Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind – Midazolam or Ketamine for Acute Agitation in the Pre-Hospital Setting

53:59 Apr 26, 2025

SGEM#472: Together In Electric Dreams – Or Is It Reality?

38:44 Apr 19, 2025