The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

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SGEM Xtra Zombie Idea: ED Crowding is Due to Non-Urgent Patients Apr 01, 2025

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Date: April 1, 2025 This is another SGEM Xtra. I was asked to give a public lecture for the Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health. The topic was the zombie idea that emergency department crowding is due to non-urgent patients. You can click on this LINK and get a PDF copy of my slides. The […]

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SGEM Xtra: 5 Papers in 15 Minutes (Incrementum 2025) Mar 23, 2025

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Date: March 23, 2025 I was honoured to be invited to speak at Incrementum 2025 in Mercia, Spain. Thank you to Paco, Carmen, and the Incrementum team for putting on one of the best conferences ever. They asked me to talk about five important recent papers in 15 minutes. Usually, I do ten papers in […]

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SGEM Xtra: On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Citation Errors in the Biomedical Literature Mar 15, 2025

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Date: February 22, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Nicholas Peoples, who is a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Nick’s career has been an exciting blend of global health and emergency medicine. In 2015, Nick was part of the first-ever class to study at Duke University’s new campus in China, where he earned […]

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SGEM Paper in a Pic #470 Mar 13, 2025

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SGEM Twitter Poll #470 Mar 12, 2025

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SGEM Memes #470 Mar 12, 2025

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SGEM #470: Here We Go Up Up Up or Lateral for Infant Lumbar Punctures Mar 08, 2025

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Reference: Pessano S, et al. Positioning for lumbar puncture in newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. December 2023 Date: February 7, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Rosenfeld is a PGY-3 emergency medicine resident at George Washington University. She is also a new podcast host for Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) Cast Series. Case: A five-day-old […]

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