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 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
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
Welcome to Episode 10 of the official podcast of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care.
We discuss:-
- managing Facial wounds in Urgent Care (1.26)
- Using Tramadol (7.55)
https://first10em.com/tramadol/
https://www.goodfellowunit.org/events/pharmacological-management-acute-pain
- Using Ear Drops with a tympanic membrane that is not intact.(12.38)
- IV versus Oral Antibiotics for Cellulitis (17.15)
https://first10em.com/oral-antibiotics-oviva/
- Will Epipens ever be subsidised? (23.35)
- Remember Bonjela contains salicylate. (24.50)
- Compartment Syndrome Story (29.35)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12234569
(Apologies for any builder related noises that leach into the recording - I have tried to remove as many bangs and saw noises as I can.)
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
Are IV antibiotics more effective than Orals when treating Cellulitis?
We discuss the evidence with Dr Justin Morgenstern, a Canadian Emergency Physician currently based in Taranaki Base Hospital, New Zealand. He writes a Medical Blog first10EM which is worth a read.
https://first10em.com/oral-antibiotics-oviva/
Let us know your thoughts on this topic
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
Welcome to this week's Urgent Bite. Today we look at the use of ear drops when the tympanic membrane is not intact. Are you comfortable using potentially ototoxic drops as the first line treatment? How do you feel about the contraindications listed for these drops and how do they affect your practice?
Email your thoughts to podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz
https://bpac.org.nz/category.aspx?CategoryId=9
https://www.pharmac.govt.nz/news/notification-2017-09-15-ciprofloxacin/
https://medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/s/Sofradexeyeeardrops.pdf
https://medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/l/locortenvioformeardrops.pdf
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
Welcome to this week's Urgent Bite. Today we hear from Dr Justin Morgenstern, currently an Emergency Physician at Taranaki Base hospital in New Zealand. Justin trained in Emergency Medicine and Family Practice in Canada and he writes a medical blog which can be found here - https://first10em.com
These are his thoughts on Tramadol use.
https://first10em.com/tramadol/
Let us know your thoughts on what Justin has to say and what your experiences and personal practices are regarding tramadol use.
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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 May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
Welcome to this week's Urgent Bite. Wound management is a big part of Urgent Care and facial wounds add some extra issues for consideration. What are your experiences with facial wounds and what rules to you personally practice by with regards to when to refer for specialist input? We will discuss this issue in a future main episode of the podcast so your input will help develop the discussion. Pop over to Facebook or send us an email.
For good wound management advice, check out this website about wound repair
My thanks once again to Professor Bruce Arroll for sharing his thoughts.
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
Welcome to this week's Urgent Bite. Today we look at a recent BPAC article on Mycoplasma Genitalium and its association with Urethritis, Cervicitis and PID.
https://bpac.org.nz/2019/mycoplasma-genitalium.aspx
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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 Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Welcome to Episode 9 of the official podcast of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care. Today I am joined by Dr Dave Sorrell to look back at recent Urgent Bites regarding Segond fractures, the Simmonds/Thompson test and using Antibiotics for UTI in the Elderly. We also look at an interesting case of sub tarsal foreign body, talk about why kids are swallowing more foreign bodies than they used to and we talk about how the Junior Doctor Strikes affect Urgent Care. We are then joined by Dr Afrax Adams to look at some college news including the upcoming Urgent Care Boot Camp.
Segond Fracture Bite - https://rnzcuc.podbean.com/e/urgent-bite-24-the-segond-fracture/
Simmonds Thompson Test Bite - https://rnzcuc.podbean.com/e/urgent-bite-23-simmondsthompson-test-which-way-is-positive/
Antibiotics for UTI in the Elderly - https://rnzcuc.podbean.com/e/urgent-bite-20-antibiotics-for-uti-in-the-elderly/
BBC article on Bees under the eyelids
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47876130
Kids swallowing more Foreign Bodies than 20 years ago story
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/12/health/kids-swallow-objects-study/index.html
Article about Junior Doctor Strikes
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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 Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Welcome to a CME specialist interview. Today we speak with Professor Tony Attwood who is the adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia and has 40 years experience as a Clinical Psychologist specialising in Autism and in particular Aspergers Syndrome.
April is Autism awareness month. Urgent Care clinics and Emergency Departments can be distressing places for people on the Autism Spectrum but we will often be the clinicians who treat them when they are acutely ill of injured. Tony talks to us about why our Clinics cause distress to people with Autism, what we should be aware of and how we can mitigate some of these issues. I hope that by the end of our talk we can all be more aware of Autism within Urgent Care Clinics and Emergency Departments and hopefully implement some of what we have discussed into your personal practice and clinic processes.
My Thanks to Professor Attwood for taking the time to talk with us. You can read more about him at his website.
Here is the going to Hospital guide from the National Autistic Society in the UK that Tony references.
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/health/hospital-passport.aspx
A couple of Tony's Books on Asperger's
Closing music - Awe-Tistic Me by Dan Bull
From his EP - A Portrait of the Autist
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You can hear this verse as part of a longer song Awe-tistic by Vitiate and produced by Nuttkase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZwAFGj1xIM&feature=youtu.be
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Full Grip by Score Squad
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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 Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Welcome to this week's Urgent Bite. Today we look at a simple acronym that you can use to assist in handing over patients or asking for advice, either in person or over the phone.
Postgraduate Medical Journal Article - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Using+the+ISBAR+handover+tool+in+junior+medical+officer+handover%3A+a+study+in+an+Australian+tertiary+hospital
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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