Urgent Bite 16 – Zopiclone

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Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  Today we look at BPAC advice from October 2018 regarding the prescribing of Zopiclone and ask the question – Should we prescribe Zopiclone in Urgent Care? https://bpac.org.nz/report/snippet/zopiclone.aspx   www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by ScoreSquad   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical…

Episode 6 – Considering Radiographs

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Welcome to Episode 6 of the Official Podcast of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care.  Below you will find time stamps for each segment and links to articles discussed. What is involved in getting different XR views commonly used in Urgent Care – with Radiographer Katie from River Radiology (2.14) http://www.riverradiology.co.nz Discussion with…

Use of EXOS® Thermoplastic Splint in the treatment of wrist fractures

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Author: Dr Ivan Koay
Type: Other research
Date: 23 Jan 2019
Abstract: There has been varying and divergent methods in the treatment of paediatric and
adult wrist fractures. Current opinion and evidence suggest that in paediatric torus
distal radius fractures, management with splinting is as comparable a method of
treatment to the traditional plaster or Paris (POP) casting. This is a retrospective
look at the safety of using the EXOS® thermoplastic (TP) splint to treat wrist
fractures

Podcast Extra – From the DPD’s Desk

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Welcome to a podcast extra.  Today we hear from the Director of Professional Development for the RNZCUC, Dr Afraz Adam, about what you can expect from the RNZCUC in 2019. RNZCUC Bootcamp – save the date –  Saturday September 14th 2019 – Cordis Hotel, Auckland Find the Quiz here – https://rnzcuc.org.nz/quiz/trauma-and-resuscitation-quiz/ Goodfellow Symposium 2019 – https://www.goodfellowunit.org/symposium Choosing…

Urgent Bite 14 – The sting of the injection

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Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  How do you reduce the sting of a local anaesthetic injection? Reducing Local Anaesthetic pain article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=A+users+guide+for+reducing+the+pain+of+local+anaesthetic+administration Principles of Office Anaesthesia article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Principles+of+Office+Anesthesia%3A+Part+II.+Topical+Anesthesia Ice to reduce pain of injection article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Principles+of+Office+Anesthesia%3A+Part+II.+Topical+Anesthesia Swearing article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Swearing+as+a+response+to+pain%3A+A+cross-cultural+comparison+of+British+and+Japanese+participants www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by ScoreSquad   This podcast is…