The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

10/04/2026

Heading to Chicago tomorrow for
I will be giving a couple of talks.
The first one is on Monday.
If you are attending, come and say hello.

10/03/2026

Can you safely run vasopressors peripherally?
https://thesgem.com/2026/10/sgem522-va-so-pressures-can-you-run-them-peripherally/

10/02/2026

SGEM #521

Date: September 22, 2026Guest Skeptic: Dr. Sergey Motov is an Eme...

10/01/2026

IM or Oral NSAID for acute, atraumatic back pain treated in the emergency department? https://thesgem.com/2026/09/sgem521-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-im-ketorolac-for-back-pain/ Kirsty Challen

09/30/2026

IM ketorolac was not superior to oral ibuprofen in this study of acute, atraumatic back pain.
https://thesgem.com/2026/09/sgem521-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-im-ketorolac-for-back-pain/

09/29/2026

Happy national coffee day. Or every day in emergency medicine.

09/28/2026

IM ketorolac for acute, atraumatic back pain?
https://thesgem.com/2026/09/sgem521-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-im-ketorolac-for-back-pain/

09/28/2026

Nerdy stats joke.

09/26/2026

SGEM #521: Hit Me with Your Best Shot – IM Ketorolac for Back Pain? https://thesgem.com/2026/09/sgem521-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-im-ketorolac-for-back-pain/

09/26/2026

Don’t punch your doctor (apparently, this needs to be said).

For everyone’s sake, please don't be this patient.Here’s a basic truth of human life: No one plans a visit to the emergency room, and no one really wants to be there. The unexpected, oh-crap-now-I’m-in-trouble nature of the place means that everyone who’s rolled in there to be seen probably ...