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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Sparklers are a common, handheld firework that are popular with all ages, especially children. As they are held in front of your face, can they cause eye injuries?
Shiuey EJ, Kolomeyer AM, Kolomeyer NN. Assessment of Firework-Related Ocular Injury in the US. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Jun 1;138(6):618-623. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0832. PMID: 32271352; PMCID: PMC7146523.
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Full Grip by Score Squad
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Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
We must be thorough in reviewing patients who have had direct trauma to their eyes. Objects that are small enough that the orbit provides no protection are of increased concern. In addition to other injuries, we need to be aware of orbital floor fractures and commotio retinae.
Check out the Stat Pearls page on Orbital Floor injuries
Koenen L, Waseem M. Orbital Floor Fracture. [Updated 2023 Dec 15]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-.
Check out the Radiopaedia page by Alejandro Planas Callao
Raman Bhakhri and Nicole Landry. Commitio Retinae: A teaching Case Report. Optometric Education: Volume 48 Number 2 (Winter-Spring 2023)
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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 Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Pisa syndrome is rare, but identifiable in urgent care and associated with drugs we will commonly see. It is a reversible condition. It highlights the importance of a full drug history and to consider medications as causes of strange symptoms.
Check out the Prescriber Update, Vol 46, No 3, September 2025
Check out the paper mentioned - Link
Pitton Rissardo J, Murtaza Vora N, Danaf N, Ramesh S, Shariff S, Fornari Caprara AL. Pisa Syndrome Secondary to Drugs: A Scope Review. Geriatrics (Basel). 2024 Jul 30;9(4):100. doi: 10.3390/geriatrics9040100. PMID: 39195130; PMCID: PMC11353465.
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Friday Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
We should be aware of the early signs of ocular siderosis, also known as siderosis bulbi which would indicate a retained metallic intraocular foreign body.
Check out the Stat Pearls page.
Acharya I, Raut AA. Siderosis Bulbi. [Updated 2023 Jan 30]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-
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Friday Oct 10, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Dr Ceri Battle is a Consultant Respiratory Physiotherapist and an Honorary Associate Professor in Swansea.
Ceri's PHD work led to the creation of the STUMBL score, a tool to help determine the risk of complications for patients with rib fractures.
Following her pre-recorded talk to our Bootcamp, she discusses the STUMBL score on the podcast and answers questions that arose from her talk last month.
Check out the STUMBL Score on MD Calc
Check out some of Ceri's work
Battle C, Hutchings HA, Driscoll T, O'Neill C, Groves S, Watkins A, Lecky FE, Jones S, Gagg J, Body R, Abbott Z, Evans PA. A multicentre randomised feasibility STUdy evaluating the impact of a prognostic model for Management of BLunt chest wall trauma patients: STUMBL Trial. BMJ Open. 2019 Jul 26;9(7):e029187. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029187. PMID: 31350248; PMCID: PMC6661629. LINK
Battle C, Cole E, Carter K, Baker E. Clinical prediction models for the management of blunt chest trauma in the emergency department: a systematic review. BMC Emerg Med. 2024 Oct 12;24(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s12873-024-01107-6. PMID: 39395934; PMCID: PMC11470733. LINK
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Friday Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Why is it called hypochondriasis, and why might it benefit our patients to identify cases and ensure proper follow-up and treatment?
Check out the papers mentioned.
Sunderland M, Newby JM, Andrews G. Health anxiety in Australia: prevalence, comorbidity, disability and service use. Br J Psychiatry. 2013 Jan;202(1):56-61. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.103960. Epub 2012 Apr 12. PMID: 22500013. link
Florian Weck, Samantha Richtberg, Julia M.B. Neng, Epidemiology of Hypochondriasis and Health Anxiety: Comparison of Different Diagnostic Criteria, Current Psychiatry Reviews; Volume 10, Issue 1, 2014, .
DOI: 10.2174/1573400509666131119004444 link
Mataix-Cols D, Isomura K, Sidorchuk A, Rautio D, Ivanov VZ, Rück C, Österman S, Lichtenstein P, Larsson H, Kuja-Halkola R, Chang Z, Brickell I, Hedman-Lagerlöf E, Fernández de la Cruz L. All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals With Hypochondriasis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 1;81(3):284-291. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.4744. PMID: 38091000; PMCID: PMC10719832. link
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Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Dr Fiona Moir and Dr Renske van den Brink are directors of Connect Communications. They both have a background in General Practice and medical education, and they have extensive experience in teaching communication skills to students and experienced clinicians alike.
In Part 2, we consider wellness, burnout prevention, and Balint peer groups, as well as the importance of allocating some of your CPD towards communication-related activities.
Make sure you have listened to Part 1, in which we learn how they came to create Connect Communications, and we discuss why communications skills are important to all areas of our lives, not just our patient conversations.
Check out what Connect Communications offers on their website
Link to the Balint Society of Australia and New Zealand.
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Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Dr Fiona Moir and Dr Renske van den Brink are directors of Connect Communications. They both have a background in General Practice and medical education, and they have extensive experience in teaching communication skills to students and experienced clinicians alike.
In part one of this podcast, they tell us how they came to create Connect Communications, and we discuss why communications skills are important to all areas of our lives, not just our patient conversations.
In part 2, we will consider wellness, burnout prevention and Balint peer groups, as well as considering the importance of using some of your CPD towards communication-related activities.
Check out what Connect Communications offers on their website
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Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
For World Sepsis Month, we talk with Ally Hossain, whose son is a sepsis survivor.
What are the important lessons we can take from hearing her son's story so that we can pick up and refer suspected sepsis earlier?
Ally is now the Director of Communications and Engagement for the Sepsis Trust in New Zealand and a board member of the Global Sepsis Alliance.
Check out the Sepsis Trust NZ for more information, including pathways.
Check out the HQSC sepsis resources
Become a sepsis superhero by donating and helping to raise funds
Check out the Global Sepsis Alliance
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Billion Stars by Remember the Future
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Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
September is World Sepsis Month. Use this as a reason to explore some sepsis related CPD.
Check out the NZ Sepsis Trust website - https://www.sepsis.org.nz/
Become a Sepsis Superhero - https://stopsepsis.org.nz/
Register for the Webinar by Dr Paul Huggan
Register for the Global Sepsis Alliance Webinar
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