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Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care. This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor.

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    Urgent Bite 262 - The TFCC

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 10:00


    We can diagnose a TFCC injury clinically.  Management is much like any sprain, but ongoing issues may need a hand surgeon workup.     Check out the OrthoBullets page by Dr Abassi and Dr Vitale   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 261 - Dysdiadochokinesia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 7:52


    Testing for dysdiadochokinesia is simple, and something we learned way back at the start of medical training.  But it is a useful and important test to still do in urgent care    Check out the Stat Pearls Page Rocha Cabrero F, De Jesus O. Dysdiadochokinesia. [Updated 2023 Aug 23]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-.    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 260 - Onychomycosis through Urgent Care

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 11:40


    Onychomycosis is not an urgent condition, but it can present through urgent care.    Check out the recent BPAC page, reviewed by Prof Amanda Oakley     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

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    In-House Simulations in Urgent Care - with Khang Gan and Erin Carn-Bennett

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 56:06


    This week, we chat with Khang Gan and Erin Carn-Bennett from MedSim Solutions.   We discuss psychologically safe simulations and how they can benefit practice.  We discuss the benefits of in-house resus simulations and how these can be achieved in urgent care.  We also discussed a 4-hour in-house paediatric resus course that they run, which is endorsed as a resus refresher with the College.   Check out the MedSim Solutions endorsed course   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 259 - Microhyphaema

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 12:37


    It is important to check for hyphaema, blood in the anterior chamber of the eye, after trauma.  It is also important to use a slit lamp to check for microhyphaema.     Check out Urgent Bite 162 on Seidel's test Check out Urgent Bite 163 on Hypopyon     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 6:24


    ANZAC day prompts us to reflect on the past.     As clinicians, reflective practice is a necessary part of our ongoing learning and development.  However, reflecting is not just for our clinical practice.     Check out details of the Te Papa exhibition - Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War.           www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com A loop from Indomitable by Elliot Middleton   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 258 - "It hurts when I pee"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 14:30


    How can we avoid errors associated with cognitive biases?  In retrospect, we can easily see these biases unfold, but how can we identify them as they happen? Check out the paper mentioned   Croskerry P. Achieving quality in clinical decision making: cognitive strategies and detection of bias. Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Nov;9(11):1184-204. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2002.tb01574.x. PMID: 12414468. Link to paper   Norman G, Pelaccia T, Wyer P, Sherbino J. Dual process models of clinical reasoning: The central role of knowledge in diagnostic expertise. J Eval Clin Pract. 2024 Aug;30(5):788-796. doi: 10.1111/jep.13998. Epub 2024 Jun 2. PMID: 38825755. Link to abstract   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 257 - The Vermilion Border

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 8:49


    A tip to ensure you align the vermilion border accurately.   Check out the Laceration Repair blog page     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 256 - Colchicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 12:26


    Do you use colchicine for acute gout flares?  Are you aware of the risk factors for toxicity?   Check out the Prescriber update for March 2025     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 255 - The Knee to Wall Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 10:16


    What is the knee to wall test and what does it measure?   Check out the Physiopaedia page on the Knee to Wall Test   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 254 - The Patient Agenda

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 9:36


    Do you establish the patient agenda at each consultation?   Check out the paper mentioned Singh Ospina N, Phillips KA, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Castaneda-Guarderas A, Gionfriddo MR, Branda ME, Montori VM. Eliciting the Patient's Agenda- Secondary Analysis of Recorded Clinical Encounters. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan;34(1):36-40. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4540-5. Epub 2018 Jul 2. PMID: 29968051; PMCID: PMC6318197.   If you want to join the RNZCUC Urgent Care Research Network, check out the link here.     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 253 - UCL elbow injuries and Tommy John

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 10:21


    An eponym named after the patient.   Check out the Ortho Bullets Page by Dr M Steffes and Dr C Ahmad   Check out these two videos from YouTube by The Physio Channel and Sports Med review showing two ways to examine the Ulna Collateral ligament of the Elbow     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 252 - Considering Barbers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 11:41


    What conditions should we consider in hair professionals?    Check out the papers mentioned Al Shenawi H, Al Saad S, Al Shenawi N, Al Rumaihi N, Salmeen Z, Al Sadeh N, Alfehaid AM, Alshelali M, Bin-Jabr MA, Alzeyadi HA, Daoud RM. Prevalence of interdigital pilonidal sinus in hair professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2025 Jan;22(1):31-36. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2024.2420984. Epub 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39631031. Link to paper   Gannon MX, Crowson MC, Fielding JW. Periareolar pilonidal abscesses in a hairdresser. BMJ. 1988 Dec 24-31;297(6664):1641-2. doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6664.1641-a. PMID: 3147779; PMCID: PMC1838871.  Link to paper   Dermnet page on Skin problems for Hairdressers and Barbers.  By Susan Ford Bsc (Hons) 2012 - Link to page   Check out this clip from one of Fred Dibnah's BBC documentaries.      www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 251 - Bitot's Spots

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 8:53


    Seeing Bitot's spots is pathognomic of vitamin A deficiency.   Check out the papers mentioned Song P, Adeloye D, Li S, Zhao D, Ye X, Pan Q, Qiu Y, Zhang R, Rudan I; Global Health Epidemiology Research Group (GHERG). The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency and its public health significance in children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and modelling analysis. J Glob Health. 2023 Aug 11;13:04084. Link Dermnet page on Vitamin A Deficiency by Brian Wu  Bitot Spots: A Pathognomonic Sign of Vitamin A Deficiency Das, Souvik et al. The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 136, Issue 10, e195 - e196 Link Management of Bitot Spots.  Umesh Krishna, MD, Sumana J. Kamath, MD, and Madhurima K. Nay­ak, MD Edited by Sharon Fekrat, MD, and Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH Dec 2016 EyeNet Magazine.  Link     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 250 - Swiss Cheese and Professor Reason

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 13:27


    Professor James Reason was the originator of the Swiss Cheese model which has been an important model in developing ways to improve patient safety and reduce adverse events in healthcare.     Reason J. Human error: models and management. BMJ. 2000 Mar 18;320(7237):768-70. doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.768. PMID: 10720363; PMCID: PMC1117770. Link to paper   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 249 - Sentinel headaches and SAH

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 12:23


    What is a sentinel headache before a SAH and could they help us pick up earlier on a diagnosis in urgent care?   Check out the papers mentioned The ICHD - 3 link that described the sentinel headache   Wan Z, Meng H, Xu N, Liu T, Chen Z, Sun Y, Wang H. Clinical characteristics associated with sentinel headache in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Interv Neuroradiol. 2021 Aug;27(4):497-502. doi: 10.1177/1591019920971977. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33148104; PMCID: PMC8580530. Link to paper   Pereira JL, de Albuquerque LA, Dellaretti M, de Carvalho GT, Vieira G Jr, Rocha MI, Loures LL, Christo PP, de Sousa AA. Importance of recognizing sentinel headache. Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3:162. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.105101. Epub 2012 Dec 26. PMID: 23372978; PMCID: PMC3551504. Link to paper   The article on the European Stroke Organisation by Dr Diana    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 248 - Grommet extrusion time

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 9:32


    How long do grommets take to fall out?   Check out the papers mentioned Song CM, Park MH, Kim YH, Lee JH. Factors affecting the extrusion rate of ventilation tubes. Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Jun;3(2):70-5. doi: 10.3342/ceo.2010.3.2.70. Epub 2010 Jun 30. PMID: 20607075; PMCID: PMC2896736. Link to paper Lin YC, Kao YL, Chen YC, Chen LC, Dang LH, Hung SH. Factors Related to Ventilation Tube Extrusion Time in Children and Adults. Ear Nose Throat J. 2023 Apr;102(4): NP169-NP176. doi: 10.1177/0145561321999204. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33720800. Link to paper     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 247 - The Vertebral Artery Dissection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 10:28


    You might think that neck pain after minor trauma is probably a musculoskeletal injury.  But do not forget to consider vertebral artery dissection.     Check out the Stat Pearls page. Britt TB, Agarwal S. Vertebral Artery Dissection. [Updated 2023 Mar 20]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441827/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 246 - The Holstein-Lewis Fracture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 12:27


    Look out for the Holstein-Lewis Fracture which is associated with radial nerve injury.  Also, be aware of the torsional forces associated with arm wrestling.   Check out the paper mention Moloney DP, Feeley I, Hughes AJ, Merghani K, Sheehan E, Kennedy M. Injuries associated with arm wrestling: A narrative review. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Apr 20;18:30-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.04.010. Erratum in: J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Jul 30;20:101539. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101539. PMID: 33996446; PMCID: PMC8091050.   Check out the Radiopaedia page  Lustosa L, Campos A, Bell D, et al. Holstein-Lewis fracture. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-99967   Check out the OrthoBullets page by Kellish and Weatherford     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 245 - Neurapraxia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 7:18


    It is important to check peripheral neurology after trauma.  Neurapraxia, with an o, is one cause of altered sensation.     Check out the Stat Pearls Page for more information. Carballo Cuello CM, De Jesus O. Neurapraxia. [Updated 2023 Aug 23]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560501/ And their table outlining the classifications Biso GMNR, Munakomi S. Neuroanatomy, Neurapraxia. [Updated 2022 Oct 24]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. [Figure, Seddon and Sunderland Classification of Nerve Injury Contributed by GMN Biso, MD] Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557746/figure/article-25766.image.f1/   And the Wikipedia page on Obdormition       www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 244 - Is it a Fracture or a Break?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 12:34


    Are your patients aware that a fracture is the same as a break?  Do they think that one is worse than the other?   Check out the papers mentioned Peckham TJ. 'Doctor, have I got a fracture or a break'? Injury. 1994 May;25(4):221-2. doi: 10.1016/0020-1383(94)90065-5. PMID: 8206651. Link to abstract Kampa RJ, Pang J, Gleeson R. Broken bones and fractures - an audit of patients' perceptions. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2006 Nov;88(7):663-6. doi: 10.1308/003588406X149192. PMID: 17132318; PMCID: PMC1963782. Link to paper Bagley CH, Hunter AR, Bacarese-Hamilton IA. Patients' misunderstanding of common orthopaedic terminology: the need for clarity. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2011 Jul;93(5):401-4. doi: 10.1308/003588411X580179. PMID: 21943466; PMCID: PMC3365461. Link to paper Yen PH, Leasure AR. Use and Effectiveness of the Teach-Back Method in Patient Education and Health Outcomes. Fed Pract. 2019 Jun;36(6):284-289. PMID: 31258322; PMCID: PMC6590951. Link to paper   Check out the two BBC articles mentioned. Article 1 Article 2     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 243 - DKA with SGLT-2 inhibitors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 5:19


    Type 2 diabetics can present with a DKA associated with SGLT-2 inhibitors.  And it may be euglycaemic.  So be wary.     Check out the Prescriber Update, Vol 45, No 4, Dec 2024 Check out the Stat Pearls page on DKA Lizzo JM, Goyal A, Gupta V. Adult Diabetic Ketoacidosis. [Updated 2023 Jul 10]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560723/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 242 - Thinking about worms and abdominal pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 6:51


    Pinworms are often asymptomatic, or cause mild pruritus ani, but do they cause abdominal pain?   Check out the pages mentioned.   Demnet page on pinworms by Daniel Wong   Enterobius vermicularis: a possible cause of symptoms resembling appendicitis Dahlstrom, J.Macarthur, E. et al. Pathology, Volume 25, 5 Link to paper   Panidis S, Paramythiotis D, Panagiotou D, Batsis G, Salonikidis S, Kaloutsi V, Michalopoulos A. Acute appendicitis secondary to Enterobius vermicularis infection in a middle-aged man: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2011 Nov 30;5:559. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-559. PMID: 22128765; PMCID: PMC3245485. Link to paper   Tariq S. Enterobiasis: threadworm infection presenting as acute appendicitis in a 13-year-old girl. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jan 14;2015:bcr2014208543. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208543. PMID: 25589531; PMCID: PMC4307057. Link to paper   Hammood ZD, Salih AM, Mohammed SH, Kakamad FH, Salih KM, Omar DA, Hassan MN, Sidiq SH, Mustafa MQ, Habibullah IJ, Usf DC, Al Obaidi AE. Enterobius vermicularis causing acute appendicitis, a case report with literature review. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019;63:153-156. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.09.025. Epub 2019 Sep 25. PMID: 31586892; PMCID: PMC6796714. Link to paper   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    The Night Before - An Ode to Urgent Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 3:32


    If you are working in urgent care over the holiday period, thank you.     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor

    A Christmas Bite - Myocardial Infarction at Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 5:59


    While the Christmas period is supposed to be a happy holiday for all, there are many increased stressors at this time of year.  These papers give food for thought for the season.     Mohammad MA, Karlsson S, Haddad J, Cederberg B, Jernberg T, Lindahl B, Fröbert O, Koul S, Erlinge D. Christmas, national holidays, sport events, and time factors as triggers of acute myocardial infarction: SWEDEHEART observational study 199 8-2013. BMJ. 2018 Dec 12;363:k4811. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4811. PMID: 30541902; PMCID: PMC6289164.  Link to paper   Olsson A, Thorén I, Mohammad MA, Rylance R, Platonov PG, Sparv D, Erlinge D. Christmas holiday triggers of myocardial infarction. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2021 Dec;55(6):340-344. doi: 10.1080/14017431.2021.1983638. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PMID: 34585998.  - Link to paper   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by - Francesco D'Andrea   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor

    Urgent Bite 241 - Reye Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 6:53


    We should be familiar with Reye Syndrome and its association with aspirin. Check out the Stat Pearls page Chapman J, Arnold JK. Reye Syndrome. [Updated 2023 Jul 4]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526101/    Check out the original Reye paper REYE RD, MORGAN G, BARAL J. ENCEPHALOPATHY AND FATTY DEGENERATION OF THE VISCERA. A DISEASE ENTITY IN CHILDHOOD. Lancet. 1963 Oct 12;2(7311):749-52. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(63)90554-3. PMID: 14055046.      www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 240 - The Epitrochlear Lymph Node

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 9:23


    Do you palpate for the epitrochlear lymph node?   Check out the papers mentioned Selby CD, Marcus HS, Toghill PJ. Enlarged epitrochlear lymph nodes: an old physical sign revisited. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1992 Apr;26(2):159-61. PMID: 1588523; PMCID: PMC5375540. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5375540/    Catalano O, Nunziata A, Saturnino PP, Siani A. Epitrochlear lymph nodes: Anatomy, clinical aspects, and sonography features. Pictorial essay(). J Ultrasound. 2010 Dec;13(4):168-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jus.2010.10.010. Epub 2010 Nov 18. PMID: 23397026; PMCID: PMC3553226.  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3553226/    Pannu AK, Prakash G, Jandial A, Kopp CR, Kumari S. Epitrochlear lymphadenopathy. Korean J Intern Med. 2019 Nov;34(6):1396. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2018.218. Epub 2018 Dec 6. PMID: 30514055; PMCID: PMC6823563. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6823563/   Freeman AM, Matto P. Lymphadenopathy. [Updated 2023 Feb 20]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513250/        www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 239 - The Examination Ritual

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 11:02


    An interesting and thought-provoking TED talk that argues for the need for clinicians to continue to examine patients thoroughly.     Check out Dr Verghese's TED talk here.   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 238 - Possible Assistance Needed

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 8:29


    Do you have a way to quickly and succinctly indicate that there is a possible patient of clinical concern within your clinic?   Read about Pan-pan on Wikipedia.   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Tachycardic patients in Urgent Care - Dr Lindsey Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 38:05


    This week we talk with Dr Lindsey Fish, Medical Director of the Peña Southwest Urgent Care Clinic at the Denver Health and Hospital.  She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She was one of the authors of a paper published in the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine that showed patients discharged from urgent care with tachycardia had significantly higher odds of having a return visit to urgent care and higher odds of being admitted to hospital within 7 days.   We discuss this work, its implications for our clinical practice, and how to undertake this sort of research in the urgent care setting.   You can read the paper here. Maia VRN, Loh R, Weinstock M, Fish L. Return Visits and Hospitalization Rates of Adult Patients Discharged with Tachycardia After an Urgent Care Visit: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Urgent Care Med. 2024; 18 (9):37-41   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor   

    Urgent Bite 237 - Considering Osgood-Schlatter Disease in Adults

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 6:04


    While occurring in adolescents, Osgood-Schlatter Disease can persist into adulthood and is an important differential for anterior knee pain.     Check out the OrthoBullets page by Dr Woon   Check out the Radiopaedia page by Hererra   Check out the Case Report Mentioned Murphy CE, Kenny CM. Not just for boys: a rare case of symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter disease in a skeletally mature woman. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Mar 26;12(3):e228963. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228963. PMID: 30914412; PMCID: PMC6453305. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6453305/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Dr Joshua Russell - Recapping Bootcamp 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 54:13


    Dr Joshua Russell, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine came to New Zealand from the USA for our Bootcamp in Wellington.  Here we discuss his thoughts on NZ, UC down under, the future of Urgent Care and why UC research is so important.   Details on the JUCM Fellowship in Medical Writing can be found here.   Check out the Bootcamp report    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 236 - The Koebner Phenomenon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 6:33


    What is the Koebner Phenomenon?   Check out the Dermnet pages mentioned. Tattoo-associated skin reactions by Ngan and Elghblawi Koebner Phenomenon by Luo   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 235 - Tendon injuries around the Patella

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 15:11


    What should you look for in quadriceps tendon and patella tendon ruptures?   Check out the Orthobullets pages Patella Tendon by Ben Sharareh MD - https://www.orthobullets.com/knee-and-sports/3024/patellar-tendon-rupture Quadriceps Tenson by Jason McKean MD - https://www.orthobullets.com/knee-and-sports/3023/quadriceps-tendon-rupture    Check out the video by Loz and Liz discussing the injury which is mentioned in the podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwbni5qEPr8      www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 234 - The Felon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 12:33


    What is a Felon and what should we do about it?   Check out the papers and pages mentioned. Nardi NM, McDonald EJ, Syed HA, et al. Felon. [Updated 2024 Apr 30]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430933/  Orthobullets page by Leah Ahn MD Koshy JC, Bell B. Hand Infections. J Hand Surg Am. 2019 Jan;44(1):46-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2018.05.027. Epub 2018 Jul 14. PMID: 30017648. Clark DC. Common acute hand infections. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Dec 1;68(11):2167-76. PMID: 14677662. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14677662/  Tannan SC, Deal DN. Diagnosis and management of the acute felon: evidence-based review. J Hand Surg Am. 2012 Dec;37(12):2603-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.08.002. PMID: 23174075. Proegler C. The Panaritium (Felon)-Consequences and Treatment. Chic Med J. 1872 Nov;29(11):656-660. PMID: 37413177; PMCID: PMC9802920. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802920/  Billroth T. Panaritium. Atlanta Med Surg J (1884). 1884 Mar;1(1):35-37. PMID: 35827592; PMCID: PMC8925372.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8925372/      www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 233 - Thoracic Aneurysm considerations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 12:02


    Some important considerations when working up chest pain that will make us think of a thoracic aneurysm.     Check out the paper mentioned Habib M, Lindström D, Lilly JB, D'Oria M, Wanhainen A, Khashram M, Dean A, Mani K. Descending thoracic aortic emergencies: Past, present, and future. Semin Vasc Surg. 2023 Jun;36(2):139-149. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2023.04.009. Epub 2023 Apr 30. PMID: 37330228.   Check out the MDCalc page for ADDRS   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 232 - Kehr's Sign

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 8:10


    What is Kehr's sign?     Check out the paper mentioned Rastogi V, Singh D, Tekiner H, Ye F, Mazza JJ, Yale SH. Abdominal Physical Signs of Inspection and Medical Eponyms. Clin Med Res. 2019 Dec;17(3-4):115-126. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2019.1420. Epub 2019 Jul 15. PMID: 31308022; PMCID: PMC6886890.     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 231 - Drug induced tendinopathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 12:36


    Drug-induced tendinopathy can occur early, and late in a person's usage.  So we must consider a patient's medication history closely whenever they have symptoms of tendinopathy or rupture.      Check out the September 2024 Prescriber update, Vol 5, No 3.   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 230 - Dry Socket

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 7:12


    Dry socket might present to urgent care.  What is it and what should we do about it?   Check out the papers mentioned Chemaly D. How do I manage a patient with dry socket? J Can Dent Assoc. 2013;79:d54. PMID: 23763736.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23763736/  Mamoun J. Dry Socket Etiology, Diagnosis, and Clinical Treatment Techniques. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018 Apr;44(2):52-58. doi: 10.5125/jkaoms.2018.44.2.52. Epub 2018 Apr 25. PMID: 29732309; PMCID: PMC5932271. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29732309/      www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor       

    Urgent Bite 229 - Listening to the Caddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 14:33


    A caddy offers words of wisdom to their golfer.  Some of their advice is relevant to urgent care.     Check out the paper mentioned Gotlieb R, Praska C, Hendrickson MA, Marmet J, Charpentier V, Hause E, Allen KA, Lunos S, Pitt MB. Accuracy in Patient Understanding of Common Medical Phrases. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11):e2242972. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.42972. PMID: 36449293; PMCID: PMC9713608.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9713608/    Check out the LITFL article, by Chris Nickson, Nov 2020  https://litfl.com/communication-in-a-crisis/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 228 - Thinking about the Sail Sign

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 8:12


    We always look for the sail sign when reviewing radiographs of the elbow, but how often are they associated with occult fractures?   Check out the papers mentioned Skaggs DL, Mirzayan R. The posterior fat pad sign in association with occult fracture of the elbow in children. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1999 Oct;81(10):1429-33. doi: 10.2106/00004623-199910000-00007. PMID: 10535592. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10535592/ Al-Aubaidi Z, Torfing T. The role of fat pad sign in diagnosing occult elbow fractures in the pediatric patient: a prospective magnetic resonance imaging study. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2012 Nov;21(6):514-9. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328355e5d8. PMID: 22735922. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22735922/ Kappelhof B, Roorda BL, Poppelaars MA, The B, Eygendaal D, Mulder PGH, van Bergen CJA. Occult Fractures in Children with a Radiographic Fat Pad Sign of the Elbow: A Meta-Analysis of 10 Published Studies. JBJS Rev. 2022 Oct 24;10(10). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.22.00114. PMID: 36326720. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36326720/  Scheier E, Fuchs L, Taragin BH, Balla U, Shavit I. Children With Elbow Injuries and Sonographic Elevated Posterior Fat Pad but No Identifiable Posterior Fat Pad on Lateral Radiographs: A Case Series. J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Jul;42(7):1617-1624. doi: 10.1002/jum.16173. Epub 2023 Jan 12. PMID: 36633969. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36633969/   Check out the Radiopaedia Article on the Sail Sign Gaillard F, Feger J, Ismail M, et al. Sail sign (elbow). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 29 Aug 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-2014 Check out the original paper by Norell NORELL HG. Roentgenologic visualization of the extracapsular fat; its importance in the diagnosis of traumatic injuries to the elbow. Acta radiol. 1954 Sep;42(3):205-10. doi: 10.3109/00016925409174478. PMID: 13206822.   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 227 - The Cluster Headache

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 12:11


    Cluster headaches present through urgent care and it is important to differentiate them correctly.   Check out the paper on which Lisa Kudrow has a credit Messinger HB, Messinger MI, Kudrow L, Kudrow LV. Handedness and headache. Cephalalgia. 1994 Feb;14(1):64-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1994.1401064.x. PMID: 8200028.   Check out the paper mentioned Weaver-Agostoni J. Cluster headache. Am Fam Physician. 2013 Jul 15;88(2):122-8. PMID: 23939643.   This links to the ICHD-3 Cluster Headache page   Check out the BPAC article mentioned   For Bootcamp details - https://rnzcuc.org.nz/urgent-care-bootcamp-2024/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 226 - The Popeye Sign

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 10:30


    Don't confuse the Popeye Sign with the reverse Popeye Sign.     Check out the Stat Pearls Page -  Hsu D, Anand P, Mabrouk A, et al. Biceps Tendon Rupture. [Updated 2023 Jul 15]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-.   Check out the OrthoBullets Page on distal ruptures.   Get Bootcamp tickets here - https://rnzcuc.org.nz/urgent-care-bootcamp-2024/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Talking the STUMBL Score with Dr David Sorrell

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 23:06


    When do you perform a chest X-ray for chest trauma presenting through urgent care? This week we chat about this, and the STUMBL score, with Director of Clinical Training Dr David Sorrell.     Check out the STUMBL score on MD Calc - https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/10468/stumbl-battle-score Check out the paper mentioned by Dave Galvez, Carlos, Arenas-Jimenez, Juan, Del Campo, Jone, Maroto, Sergio, Sirera, Marina, Lirio, Francisco, 2020.  Diagnostic imaging pathways in the setting of acute chest wall trauma.  Journal of Visualized Surgery; Vol 6 (April 2020): https://jovs.amegroups.org/article/view/34041/html    Details of the Bootcamp 2024 in Wellington - https://rnzcuc.org.nz/urgent-care-bootcamp-2024/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 225 - Anticholinergics in the elderly

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 7:24


    We need to be aware of medications with anticholinergic effects, especially in the elderly.     Check out the BPAC article mentioned - https://bpac.org.nz/2024/anticholinergic.aspx#tab1 Check out the ACB calculator by Dr Rebecca King and Steve Rabino - https://www.acbcalc.com/    www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 224 - Walking on your ankle injury

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 9:27


    Weight-bearing at the time of the injury and assessment forms part of the Ottawa ankle rules.     Check out the paper mentioned Chien B, Hofmann K, Ghorbanhoseini M, Zurakowski D, Rodriguez EK, Appleton P, Ellington JK, Kwon JY. Relationship of Self-Reported Ability to Weight-Bear Immediately After Injury as Predictor of Stability for Ankle Fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2016 Sep;37(9):983-8. doi: 10.1177/1071100716648009. Epub 2016 May 9. PMID: 27162225.   Check out the original Ottawa ankle paper Stiell IG, McDowell I, Nair RC, Aeta H, Greenberg G, McKnight RD, Ahuja J. Use of radiography in acute ankle injuries: physicians' attitudes and practice. CMAJ. 1992 Dec 1;147(11):1671-8. PMID: 1362372; PMCID: PMC1336591.   Check out the MDCalc page     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 223 - Using smell to diagnose

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 8:53


    Smell can be used to diagnose.   Check out the paper mentioned Trivedi DK, Sinclair E, Xu Y, Sarkar D, Walton-Doyle C, Liscio C, Banks P, Milne J, Silverdale M, Kunath T, Goodacre R, Barran P. Discovery of Volatile Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease from Sebum. ACS Cent Sci. 2019 Apr 24;5(4):599-606. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00879. Epub 2019 Mar 20.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31041379/  Check out the BBC interview with Joy Milne     www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 222 - Antihistamines use in eczema

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 6:23


    Do antihistamines help with the itch of dermatitis?   Check out the paper mentioned Nankervis H, Thomas KS, Delamere FM, Barbarot S, Rogers NK, Williams HC. Scoping systematic review of treatments for eczema. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2016 May. PMID: 27280278. Check out the Dermnet NZ page. Authors: Dr Amy Stanway, Department of Dermatology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, February 2004; Updated: Honorary Associate Professor Paul Jarrett, Dermatologist, Middlemore Hospital and Department of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, February 2021. Minor internal update May 2023.   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 221 - Overseas medication

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 4:30


    When you need help with identifying medications from overseas visitors, you can always call your local pharmacist, or you could try this website.   Check out the webpage mentioned - https://www.resourcepharm.com/pharmacist/identification-of-foreign-medicines.html      www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

    Urgent Bite 220 - Helping in an emergency

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 6:29


    As medical professionals, we must know our legal and moral obligations to help in case of emergency. Check out the MCNZ page on helping in an emergency.   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor    

    Urgent Bite 219 - Music to help you focus, sleep and relax

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 8:53


    Certain music can help improve your concentration, help you relax and improve your sleep.   Check out https://www.brain.fm/ Check out their white paper.   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal medical advice always consult your usual doctor 

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