Home of the Official Podcasts of the RNZCUC - these are intended to provide ongoing education for medical professionals and should not be used for self diagnosis. Always consult your regular doctor. Always work within your scope of practice.
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Head Injuries need a thorough and consistent workup in urgent care, which includes looking for signs of depressed skull fracture.
Bressan S, Tancredi D, Casper CT, Da Dalt L, Kuppermann N. Palpable signs of skull fractures on physical examination and depressed skull fractures or traumatic brain injuries on CT in children. Eur J Pediatr. 2024 Dec;183(12):5321-5330. doi: 10.1007/s00431-024-05807-w. Epub 2024 Oct 10.
Check out the MDCalc pages
- PECARN
Check out the RCHM Page mentioned
Check out the video of Petr Čech's injury
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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
Friday Jun 12, 2026
Friday Jun 12, 2026
Join us in Auckland on September 18/19/20 for a weekend of education and celebration as we recognise 25 years of recognition of urgent care as a vocational medical speciality here in New Zealand - the first country in the world to do so.
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Friday Jun 05, 2026
Friday Jun 05, 2026
Biliary type pain, usually in female patients who have had a cholecystectomy, could be Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. A diagnosis worth keeping on our urgent care differential list.
Check out the Stat Pearls page
Crittenden JP, Dattilo JB. Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. 2023 Feb 13. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. PMID: 32491794.
Check out the Radiopaedia page by Henry Knipe
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Friday May 29, 2026
Friday May 29, 2026
A study conducted in the paediatric ICU setting demonstrated the need to not only acknowledge a patient's emotion with an empathetic response but also the need to allow time and space for that response to be received, free of jargon and over speaking. It is worth reflecting on how this can apply to the urgent care setting.
Check out the paper
October TW, Dizon ZB, Arnold RM, Rosenberg AR. Characteristics of Physician Empathetic Statements During Pediatric Intensive Care Conferences With Family Members: A Qualitative Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 Jul 6;1(3):e180351. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0351. PMID: 30646015; PMCID: PMC6324292. Link
Check out the RSA short cartoon on Empathy versus Sympathy by Brené Brown.
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Friday May 22, 2026
Friday May 22, 2026
Orthostatic hypotension is quite common and increases in prevalence as people age over 65. It is also associated with conditions like type 2 diabetes and Parkinson's. It is important that we consider it in patients presenting through urgent care.
Check out the papers mentioned
McDonagh ST, Cross R, Masoli J, Konya J, Abel G, Sheppard JP, Jakubowski B, Bhanu C, Fordham J, Turner K, Lamb SE, Payne RA, McManus RJ, Campbell JL, Clark CE. Understanding measurement of postural hypotension: a nationwide survey of general practice in England. Br J Gen Pract. 2026 Jan 1;76(762):e957-e965. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0025. PMID: 40262829. Link
Shibao C, Lipsitz LA, Biaggioni I. ASH position paper: evaluation and treatment of orthostatic hypotension. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2013 Mar;15(3):147-53. doi: 10.1111/jch.12062. Epub 2013 Jan 14. PMID: 23458585; PMCID: PMC8033893. Link
Check out the JUCM Abstracts in UC
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Friday May 15, 2026
Friday May 15, 2026
The Bennett Fracture, with two T's, is an intra-articular fracture of the base of the 1st metacarpal that requires referral to the orthopaedic surgeons.
Check out the Radiopaedia page by Bahman Rasuly
Check out the Stat Pearls Page
Carter KR, Nallamothu SV. Bennett Fracture. 2023 Aug 7. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. PMID: 29763211.
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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
Friday May 08, 2026
Friday May 08, 2026
Seeing a human and a rock communicate to save the world highlights how the right type of communication technique is needed, in the right setting, and at the right time, to ensure clarity and prevent error.
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Friday May 01, 2026
Friday May 01, 2026
The Essex-Lopresti Fracture is a radial head fracture with dislocation of the DRUJ, and an associated tearing of the IO membrane. They are often missed and have delayed diagnoses. With the right mechanism of injury we must carefully examine the forearm for not just pain, but also laxity.
Check out the paper mentioned
Wegmann K, Dargel J, Burkhart KJ, Brüggemann GP, Müller LP. The Essex-Lopresti lesion. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr. 2012 Nov;7(3):131-9. doi: 10.1007/s11751-012-0149-0. Epub 2012 Oct 25. PMID: 23096260; PMCID: PMC3482440.
Check out the Radiopaedia page by Campos
Check out the LITFL page by Boden and Cadogan
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Friday Apr 24, 2026
Friday Apr 24, 2026
Because Med School taught you medicine - not money.
Dr Katherine Debray talks to us about her evidence based financial education designed for Kiwi doctors. While on pause from NICU training to raise her children, Katherine has undertaken further study in financial advising and has created a course to guide doctors in ways to make decisions about their finances and developed a community of doctors to share and learn together.
Check out Healthy Wealth - https://healthywealth.nz/
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Friday Apr 17, 2026
Friday Apr 17, 2026
Adult onset Still Disease is a rare condition that presents with intermittent high fevers, arthralgia and a salmon pink rash.
Check out the Stat Pearls page.
Bhargava J, Panginikkod S. Still Disease. 2024 Feb 26. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. PMID: 30855928.
Check out the Conversation article mentioned
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