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Dogmalysis

Testing emergency medicine dogma against the evidence.
Rigel the Podcast Bot in association with Dr Richard Haydon, Emergency Physician, Melbourne, Australia

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Teaching only, not clinical advice. Dogmalysis is educational content for clinicians. It is not medical advice, contains no patient data, and does not replace clinical judgement or local guidelines.
A note for trainees: This podcast is shared with emergency medicine trainees. ACEM sets its own expected knowledge, and that often lags the latest evidence by a number of years, as can exam marking. Trainees, particularly in Australasia, should know what ACEM requires for their exams. Treat this podcast as information above and beyond that, not a replacement for it.

Dogmalysis Episode 5: Accurate isn't useful (AI in the ED)

12 Oct 2026 · 7:55

Why an accurate AI tool isn't automatically a useful one in the emergency department. Teaching content only, not clinical advice.

Dogmalysis Episode 4: Stop fussing about the middle (post-ROSC oxygen and temperature)

12 Oct 2026 · 8:15

Oxygen and temperature targets after ROSC: what the trials actually show. Teaching content only, not clinical advice.

Dogmalysis Episode 3: Treating the number (bicarbonate in arrest and shock)

12 Oct 2026 · 8:42

Does bicarbonate help in cardiac arrest and shock, or are we treating a number? Teaching content only, not clinical advice.

Dogmalysis Episode 2: The first litre (fluids first vs early pressors in septic shock)

12 Oct 2026 · 8:20

Fluids first or early vasopressors in septic shock? We test the dogma against the evidence. Teaching content only, not clinical advice.

Dogmalysis 1: A bag of mag (magnesium in rapid AF)

10 Oct 2026 · 8:59

Does a bag of mag belong in rapid AF? Right drug, wrong expectation. We turn the belief dial through Davey & Teubner 2005, Ho 2007, LOMAGHI, Chu 2009 and MAGMAR. Take-home: rate, not rhythm; alongside, not instead; 20 mmol (about 5 g), not 36 mmol (about 9 g). Doses in Australian chart units. Re-recorded 10 Oct 2026. Teaching content only, not clinical advice.