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 Apr 10, 2026
Friday Apr 10, 2026
In cases of Fournier's Gangrene, and necrotising fasciitis in general, early detection and treatment is vital. Risk factors help raise the concern and knowing about SGLT-2 inhibitors as an evolving risk factor is important.
Check out the Prescriber Update
Check out the Dermnet page by Singh
Check out the Stat Pearls page
Wallace HA, Perera TB. Necrotizing Fasciitis. 2023 Feb 21. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. PMID: 28613507.
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Friday Apr 03, 2026
Friday Apr 03, 2026
Pica is an eating disorder that can cause abdominal symptoms, obstruction, poisoning, parasitic infections and is associated with iron deficiency anaemia. We should be aware of it in the urgent care setting.
Check out the papers mentioned
Mohammad Rizwan Hussain, Philip Holcroft, Mohammed Tayab Qureshi, EP467 - Bowel obstruction due to colonic lithobezoar in a patient with PICA, BJS, Volume 111, Issue Supplement_8, September 2024, znae197.500, Link
Ganesan PR, Vasauskas AA. The Association Between Pica and Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A Scoping Review. Cureus. 2023 Apr 20;15(4):e37904. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37904. PMID: 37220446; PMCID: PMC10199804. Link
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Friday Mar 27, 2026
Friday Mar 27, 2026
For the 300th Urgent Bite, we reflect on lessons learned from seven and a half years of podcasting.
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Friday Mar 20, 2026
Friday Mar 20, 2026
The Kager fat pad is seen in lateral radiographs of the ankle, and the loss or alteration of this pad can indicate injury or pathology in that region.
Somford MP, Hoornenborg D, Wiegerinck JJ. Kager's "Bermuda" Triangle. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Jul-Aug;53(4):503-4. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Apr 17. Erratum in: J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Sep-Oct;53(5):676. PMID: 24746534.
Check out the Radiopaedia Page by Elfkey
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Friday Mar 13, 2026
Friday Mar 13, 2026
Martha's Rule is an important new initiative in the NHS England that aims to ensure that patient, family and caregiver concern for deterioration is heard and acted upon. This is because evidence shows that these groups recognise deterioration earlier, and there are cases, as with Martha Mills, where these concerns are not acted upon quickly enough to prevent harm, or even death. We should all reflect on Martha's story and Martha's Rule.
Check out details and statistics on Martha's Rule at the NHS Website.
You can find NZ Sepsis pathways at the HQSC and Sepsis Trust websites below.
https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-work/improved-service-delivery/sepsis/
https://www.sepsis.org.nz/clinical-tools/
Check out the Paper from The Lancet.
Mills E, Lin P, Asghari-Jafarabadi M, West A, Craig S. Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Jul;9(7):450-458. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00098-7. Epub 2025 May 29. PMID: 40451224.
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Friday Mar 06, 2026
Friday Mar 06, 2026
The Barton fracture is an eponymous fracture of the distal radius. While perhaps a name less used compared to the Colles, it is still an important injury to recognise and refer to orthopaedics.
Check out the Stat Pearls Page
Szymanski JA, Reeves RA, Taqi M, et al. Barton Fracture. [Updated 2023 May 30]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-.
Check out the Radiopaedia page
Check out the OrthoBullets page on distal radial fractures, which includes the Barton Fracture
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Friday Feb 27, 2026
Friday Feb 27, 2026
There is a webinar coming up on March 25 at 1900 NZDT on the topic of Maternal Sepsis.
Check out the Webinar via this link
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Friday Feb 20, 2026
Friday Feb 20, 2026
If we suspect a subcutaneous foreign body, we need to know where it is, what it is and how long it has been there. This requires a good history, a thorough examination and appropriate imaging. With this information, we can plan the best way to remove, which might involve referral.
Check out the paper mentioned from the American Family Physician
Chan C, Salam GA. Splinter removal. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Jun 15;67(12):2557-62. PMID: 12825845.
Retained foot FB paper mentioned
Chandrashekara CM, George MA, Al-Marboi BS. Neglected Foreign Body, the Cause of Navicular Osteomyelitis in A Paediatric Foot: A Case Report. J Orthop Case Rep. 2013 Jul-Sep;3(3):26-9. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.111. PMID: 27298914; PMCID: PMC4719251.
Retained FB in groin paper mentioned
Yhoshu E, Chaudhary G, Gupta MK. Retained wooden foreign body in groin in a child: A case report and review of literature. Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2020 Jul-Dec;17(3 & 4):127-130. doi: 10.4103/ajps.AJPS_22_20. PMID: 33342850; PMCID: PMC8051621.
Case of penile FB paper mentioned
Kaneko T, Sakamoto A, Yoshida T, Yanagida K, Yoshimura I, Hagiwara K, Kimura M, Yamada Y, Nakagawa T. Penetrating penile injury due to the splintering of the floorboards in the gymnasium. IJU Case Rep. 2021 May 4;4(4):221-223. doi: 10.1002/iju5.12290. PMID: 34258532; PMCID: PMC8255285.
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Friday Feb 13, 2026
Friday Feb 13, 2026
The hook of hamate fracture is often a delayed diagnosis. There are certain mechanism of injuries, usually sporting related, that should make us be more aware of this injury.
The pull test may also help you consider this diagnosis.
Wright TW, Moser MW, Sahajpal DT. Hook of hamate pull test. J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Nov;35(11):1887-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.08.024. Epub 2010 Oct 20. PMID: 20961698.
Check out the OrthoBullets Page on Hoof of Hamate Fractures by Dr Sharareh and Dr Vitale
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Friday Feb 06, 2026
Friday Feb 06, 2026
Pompholyx, also known as dyshidrotic eczema, is a condition that might present through urgent care.
Check out the Dermnet NZ page by Maitreyi Jain and Hon Associate Professor Paul Jarrett
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