The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Date: July 9, 2026 Reference: The ARISE FLUIDS Investigators. Vasopressors or Fluids in Early Septic Shock. NEJM June 2026.  Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Vice Chair of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona.  He is board-certified in Emergency […]

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Date: June 23, 2026 Reference: Tagg A, et al. Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego. J Paediatr Child Health. 2019 We recorded this SGEM episode live at the Don’t Forget the Bubbles conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Dennis and I had just given an hour presentation on how to build better critical appraisal skills. It […]

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Date: June 12, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Mr. Ross Fisher. Ross is a paediatric surgeon, presentation guru (P-Cubed), and long-time friend of the SGEM.  Reference: Talan et al. Nonoperative Treatment of Appendicitis and Implications for Emergency Department Management: A Narrative Review. Ann Emerg Med. June 2026 Case: A 29-year-old healthy man presents to the emergency department […]

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Date: April 21, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Lauren Openshaw is a medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Class of 2027, where she is a part of the Disaster Medicine Scholarly Concentration. Her clinical interests include pediatrics, disaster medicine, critical care, and emergency preparedness, particularly as they relate to protecting vulnerable […]

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Date: May 20, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt McArthur is an ED Physician working primarily in Guelph and Kitchener with occasional rural locums in the small town of Walkerton, where he grew up. His clinical interests include POCUS, emergency cardiology, QI, knowledge translation, motivational interviewing, and vertigo. He is very active in medical education, including […]

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