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 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Be aware that there is potential for some shorthand notes to be read two ways.
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Friday Jul 22, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
When is a young person's back ache not just a strain?
Check out the BPAC page - https://bpac.org.nz/BPJ/2016/July/spondyloarthritis.aspx
Check out the Arthritis NZ patient information pages. https://www.arthritis.org.nz/ankylosing-spondylitis/
Check out the Dermnet page - Link
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Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Weightlifters are at risk of triceps rupture. What should we look for in urgent care?
Review the Orthobullets page for a complete breakdown of this topic - https://www.orthobullets.com/shoulder-and-elbow/3071/triceps-rupture#:~:text=Triceps%20Ruptures%20are%20rare%20injuries,males%20with%20underlying%20systemic%20illness
Check out Adam Bishop's Instagram to see what his triceps tear looks like - https://www.instagram.com/p/CfrazrKqUUb/
Check out Eddie Hall lift 500kg of the floor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGaN66dcZEs
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Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
We must remember that kids can get Lisfranc injuries.
Check out this paper which is worth reading.
Paek S, Mo M, Hogue G. Treatment of paediatric Lisfranc injuries: A systematic review and introduction of a novel treatment algorithm. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics. (2022) Vol.16(3) 198-207
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/18632521221092957
And have a quick look at this paper naming the Bunk Bed fracture (abstract only)
Johnson G F. Pediatric Lisfranc injury: "bunk bed" fracture. AJR Am Roentgenol. 1981 Nov;137(5):1041-4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6974997/
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Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Come to our urgent care Bootcamp in Ōtautahi, Christchurch on September 17th and 18th 2022 at the Rydges, Latimer Square.
Get tickets here - https://rnzcuc.org.nz/general-college-news/urgent-care-bootcamp-2022/
If you want to attend a pre-Bootcamp POCUS workshop click here - https://www.24hoursurgery.co.nz/our-services/point-of-care-ultrasound-training
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Friday Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Dr Cole Rudolph, an Auckland GP, has launched a new website designed to collate CPD opportunities in one place for NZ clinicians.
Check it out - https://www.cpdcollective.com/
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Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
We must always think to look for the Monteggia fracture.
Check out the Orthobullets page - https://www.orthobullets.com/trauma/1024/monteggia-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 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Do you see haematospermia presenting through urgent care often?
Check out these two articles on the topic.
Dantanarayana N. Haematospermia. Australian Family Physician. 2015. Vol 44 Issue 12. December.
Patient Handout form from the BAUS - https://www.baus.org.uk/patients/conditions/1/blood_in_the_semen_haematospermia/
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Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
We are joined by Dr Rory Miller to discuss a recently published paper that looked at the use of point of care troponin alongside an accelerated chest pain pathway in New Zealand rural and primary care.
https://academic.oup.com/ehjacc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehjacc/zuac037/6562963?login=false
Miller R, Nixon G, Pickering JW, Stokes T, Turner RM, Young J, Gutenstein M, Smith M, Norman T, Watson A, George P, Devlin G, Du Toit S, Than M. A prospective multi-centre study assessing the safety and effectiveness following the implementation of an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin for use in New Zealand rural hospital and primary care settings. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2022 Apr 4:zuac037. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuac037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35373255.
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Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Should you advise soaking the finger after nail trephination?
Check out these links
Pingel C, McDowell C. Subungual Hematoma Drainage. [Updated 2021 Jul 31]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482508/
This link is to a collection of chapters on Subungual haematoma. The one by Philip Buttaravoli MD FACEP, in Minor Emergencies (Second Edition), 2007 is the one I read - https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/subungual-hematoma
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