Episodes
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Episode 11 - Look into my Eyes
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
A shorter episode 11 this month, looking back at the Fundoscopy and Tetracaine Bites and looking at a genetic study that could determine how you metabolise Tramadol and a study that links anticholinergics with dementia.
The MPS case book for May 2019 has an interesting case regarding papilloedema
The Cochrane review on Eye patching for corneal abrasions
https://www.cochrane.org/CD004764/EYES_eye-patches-corneal-abrasion
This Rebel EM article looks at topical anaesthetics in corneal abrasions
https://rebelem.com/topical-anesthetic-use-corneal-abrasions/
The Moorfields Eye Hospital advice sheets
https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/content/patient-leaflets
The BBC article about the link between anticholinergics and Dementia
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9v85jlrzzo
And the JAMA article the BBC article talks about
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2736353?resultClick=1
CNN article about the study
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/24/health/dementia-risk-drug-study/index.html
Important information for the Registrars
https://rnzcuc.org.nz/important-information-for-registrars-june-2019/
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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 28, 2019
CME Interview - Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy - Dr Richard Chen
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
What anti-emetics do you use for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and which ones should you use? We talk with Urgent Care physician Dr Richard Chen who looked into this topic for his Medical Literature Project as part of his Fellowship Training with the RNZCUC.
https://bpac.org.nz/BPJ/2011/november/pregnancy.aspx
https://www.acog.org/Patients/FAQs/Morning-Sickness-Nausea-and-Vomiting-of-Pregnancy
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0701/p121.html
https://www.nps.org.au/australian-prescriber/articles/treatment-of-nausea-and-vomiting-in-pregnancy
https://www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/documents/saftey-efficiency-of-doxylamine.pdf
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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 21, 2019
Urgent Bite 31 - Local Anaesthetic Eye Drops
Friday Jun 21, 2019
Friday Jun 21, 2019
Why you must ask about Sunscreen allergies and other important things relating to local anaesthetic eye drops.
https://medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/m/Minims-Tetracainehydrochlorideeyedrops.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/sulfonamides
https://www.nzf.org.nz/nzf_7022#nzf_70785
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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 14, 2019
Urgent Bite 30 - Is there a place for Fundoscopy in Urgent Care?
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Is it time to ditch the ophthalmoscope as a tool for viewing the retina?
Send us your thoughts to podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz
Ophthalmoscopy in the 21st Century article
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798658/
FOTO-ED study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722897/
Frontiers in Neurology Study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638141/
Smartphone study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387606/
Stanford25 website
http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/the25/fundoscopic.html
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
Dr Dinesh Deonarain is a Fellow of the RNZCUC and has just completed 50 days at Everest Base Camp as one of the Doctors staffing the Everest ER.
We catch up with him in Kathmandu at the end of his adventure as he prepares to travel home. We talk about his experiences, how he got to work there and the physical and mental strains of working at such high altitude. We also hear him recite a couple of passages from his blog. You can read the rest by following the links below.
If you would like to support Everest ER and the Himalayan Rescue Association, you can donate by bank transfer to: BNZ 02-0800-0196128-000. Also, you can follow Everest ER this season at www.EverestER.org
or visit the Himalayan Rescue Association website and Facebook page
https://himalayanrescue.org.np
https://www.facebook.com/HRANepal
Read Dinesh's Blog here
https://rnzcuc.org.nz/boots-on-everest-episode-1/
https://rnzcuc.org.nz/boots-on-everest-episode-8/
Listen to Dinesh's journey to Urgent Care and Wilderness medicine on our Profile in Urgent Care interview.
https://rnzcuc.org.nz/profile-in-urgent-care-part-1-dr-dinesh-deonarain/
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Billion Stars by Remember the Future
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