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Podcast Interview – Talking Paramedicine with Luke Summers

Podcasts

When you work in Urgent Care you will always be relieved when the Ambulance service takes our sickest patients to hospital. But do you truly understand what the EMTs, Paramedics and ICPs do day in and day out, what their training and scope of practice is and do you appreciate how hard it is to make clinical decisions out in the field. To get a better idea we talk with Intensive Care Paramedic and Programme Lead of Paramedicine at AUT in Auckland, Luke Summers.

Do you learn by a song. Heres a

Do you learn by a song.

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Do you learn by a song. Heres a song about the serious causes of headache. This is one of those situations where it is good to have a song stuck in your head. Remember if the history or exam suggests serious or if the treatment is ineffective may need CT/LP/Labs!

So why not another measles update. Auckland has

So why not another measles update.

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So why not another measles update. Auckland has topped 410 cases as of Monday. We had a reminder to use nasopharyngeal swabs or throat swabs for PCR not buccal. But where does a buccal swab end and a throat swab begin? Still working that one out. The main treatment is prevention.

RNZCUC Twitter

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If you are on Twitter, you can now follow us there @rnzcuc https://twitter.com/rnzcucRoyal New Zealand College of Urgent Care (@rnzcuc) | TwitterThe latest Tweets from Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care (@rnzcuc). The Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care is responsible for training doctors and maintaining professional standards in Urgent Care. New Zealand

Communication and history taking. It is sometimes important

Communication and history taking.

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Communication and history taking. It is sometimes important to go back to basics. For me it is 29 years since I learnt to take a history. Do you remember when as a student you took a history and the registrar or consultant walked in and got a better history in 10 seconds?