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.
Episodes
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Always look for Kanavel's sign and refer if present.
Check out the OrthoBullets page on pyogenic tenosynovitis - https://www.orthobullets.com/hand/6105/pyogenic-flexor-tenosynovitis
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Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Why should we look at the tongue in urgent care? And why does it sometimes stick out when we are thinking?
Check out the Live Science article
https://www.livescience.com/why-stick-out-tongues-concentration
Check out the New Scientists article
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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 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
A tibial stress fracture in a golfer. Unusual, given that they are often associated with runners, but it does highlight how listening to your patient when they say something is wrong is important.
Interview between David Feherty and Richard Boxall - https://youtu.be/_82qJCndF90
OrthoBullets - Tibial Stress fractures - https://www.orthobullets.com/knee-and-sports/3112/tibial-shaft-stress-fractures
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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 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Today we chat with Dr David Sorrell about how he bends the needle to aid corneal foreign body removal.
Check out the Clinical Note on this technique -
Beyer H, Cherkas D. Corneal foreign body removal using a bent needle tip. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Mar;30(3):489-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.038. Epub 2011 Feb 26. PMID: 21354749.
Check out the Geeky Meds video - https://youtu.be/NtH9myhBR-A
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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 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
A Latissimus Dorsi tear is a rare sporting injury but one we should be aware of in urgent care.
Check out the OrthoBullets Page
https://www.orthobullets.com/shoulder-and-elbow/3072/latissimus-dorsi-rupture
Check out the Radiopaedia Page
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/latissimus-dorsi-injury
Check out the paper mentioned
Holschen M, Körting M, Steinbeck J, Witt KA. Traumatic Tear of the Latissimus Dorsi Tendon in a CrossFit Athlete: Surgical Management. J Orthop Case Rep. 2019;9(5):82-86. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1546. PMID: 32548012; PMCID: PMC7276628.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276628/
Check out the Big Loz Official YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/BsZMI59OY1I
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Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Will we need urgent care clinicians in an AI health system?
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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 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
Cullen's sign is an important eponym to recognise in urgent care.
Check out the paper mentioned
Rahbour G, Ullah MR, Yassin N, Thomas GP. Cullen's sign - Case report with a review of the literature. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2012;3(5):143-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.01.001. Epub 2012 Jan 28. PMID: 22365919; PMCID: PMC3312052.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22365919/
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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 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
Something a concerned parent might bring into urgent care.
Check out the RCH Melbourne page on foreskin issues - https://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/the_penis_and_foreskin/
Check out this article
Burleigh A, Lam JM. A mobile yellow nodule under the foreskin of a toddler. Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Nov;22(8):459-460. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxx154. Epub 2017 Nov 27. PMID: 29479264; PMCID: PMC5804948.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29479264/
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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 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
We need to be aware of complex regional pain syndrome in urgent care.
Check out the OrthoBullets page on CRPS - https://www.orthobullets.com/basic-science/6095/complex-regional-pain-syndrome-crps
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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 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
Today we talk about a study into errors in primary care and ED with Dr Ivan Koay. We also discuss the Abstracts of Urgent Care that he curates at the JUCM and the importance of research in urgent care.
Fernholm R, Pukk Härenstam K, Wachtler C, Nilsson GH, Holzmann MJ, Carlsson AC. Diagnostic errors reported in primary healthcare and emergency departments: A retrospective and descriptive cohort study of 4830 reported cases of preventable harm in Sweden. Eur J Gen Pract. 2019 Jul;25(3):128-135. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2019.1625886. Epub 2019 Jul 1. PMID: 31257959; PMCID: PMC6713141.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31257959/
Check out the JUCM abstracts - https://www.jucm.com/clinical/abstracts/
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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