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 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Professor Bridget Dicker tells us about a New Zealand based study, published in the BMJ, on which she was one of the authors. It looked at High flow oxygen and risk of mortality in patients with suspected ACS.
High flow oxygen and risk of mortality in patients with a suspected acute coronary syndrome: pragmatic, cluster randomised, crossover trial. Stewart R et al. BMJ 2021;372:n355
Read the paper here - https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n355
You should all check out the St John CPGs - https://www.stjohn.org.nz/globalassets/documents/health-practitioners/clinical-procedures-and-guidelines---comprehensive-edition.pdf
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Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
The story behind why a condition or part of the body is so named can help paint a picture when describing a diagnosis to your patient.
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Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Make sure you know which ones need an orthopaedic review.
Check out the Starship Hospital Guidelines - https://www.starship.org.nz/guidelines/fracture-clinic-clavicle-fractures
Check out the RCH Melbourne Guidelines - https://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/fractures/Clavicle_fractures_Emergency_Department/
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Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Be aware of the palate abscess, and always remember to listen carefully to what your patient tells you.
Read about the palate abscess here - https://accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2969§ionid=250456412
This RACGP article is a good review of all mouth swellings - https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2020/september/common-causes-of-swelling-in-oral-cavity
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Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Always remember, an ankle exam includes the proximal fibula.
Check out the Radiopaedia page - https://radiopaedia.org/articles/maisonneuve-fracture
Check out the LIFTL page - https://litfl.com/maisonneuve-fracture/
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Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Dr Barai talks to us about identifying heart block and what to do about it in the urgent care setting.
Check out Avijit's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBarai
Video on 1st Degree HB - https://youtu.be/SHOrHDuUWEk
Video on 2nd Degree HB - https://youtu.be/pEmC-kK58Nk
Video on 3rd Degree HB - https://youtu.be/G9ZeKX-OT8M
Take his Heart Block MCQ quiz - https://forms.gle/1avvErRMFnSoVasp6
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Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
The Auckland Chinese Medical Association is holding their annual conference on May 8th at the Highbrook Conference Centre, East Tamaki, Auckland.
Details can be found here - https://www.acma.org.nz/acmaconf2021
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Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Following on from her talk on giant cell arteritis, Dr Sujatha Kamalaksha, Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist in Whangerei, tells us the differential diagnoses to consider when working up a suspected case of GCA.
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Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Here are two publications that provide short summaries of the latest papers which enable you to quickly and conveniently stay up to date.
Link here for research review - https://www.researchreview.co.nz/nz/Home.aspx
Link here to the Abstracts in Urgent Care from the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine - https://www.jucm.com/clinical/abstracts/
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Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an important differential to consider in older patients with headache. Dr Sujatha Kamalaksha, a Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist in Whangerei, talks to us about what we need to know in the urgent care setting. We do not talk about the ongoing, complete management of GCA.
Find the American College of Rheumatology Clinical Support Criteria at this link - https://www.rheumatology.org/Practice-Quality/Clinical-Support/Criteria
This open-access article discusses the revised ACR criteria for GCA - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405857217300657
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