Summer is approaching fast, I think. With this comes swimmers ear. In extreme cases you may want to place a wick. This is not to be confused with ear candling, it is not that kind of wick. We have exactly the same wicks presented here at our clinic. I have not actually used one for…
Welcome to your Cardiology quiz Email Name 22-year-old female presents to the Urgent Care Clinic with a “fast heart rate” and palpitations. She has experienced this before, but she came today because the current episode is lasting longer than usual. She is slightly dizzy but otherwise asymptomatic. She is in no apparent distress, is breathing…
MCNZ is seeking feedback on its proposed policy on publication of orders and directions, otherwise known as a ‘naming policy’.
For patients with vague symptoms including headache and lethargy, don’t forget to think Carbon Monoxide poisoning.
A post from our Irish friends at Emergency Medicine Ireland. Sexual trauma injuries and what you need to know. There is a good cover letter and no obscene images that I am aware of but an excellent teaching post. I had not heard of semen anaphylaxis before. I hope you can read this with good…
Boost this post for MYR84 to reach up to 5,800 people. Pelvic avulsion injuriesSudden onset groin sprain after sprinting? Could it be an avulsion fracture? Another post in our minor injuries series, this time from Owen Keane. ….
Acute flares of Eczema are a common presenting complaint to Urgent Care. We speak with Dr Amanda Oakley, Consultant Dermatologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at Auckland University and the Founder of www.dermnetnz.org about why eczema flares and how those flares should be managed.
Tranexamic acid use in Head Injury – it is worth reading this recent paper from the Lancet and some of the blogs that discuss it.
Fracture Fridays. What do you know about Tibial fractures? Specifically proximal tibial fractures? A gerat post about Tibial fractures and also some points about the non fractures. An important topic for several reasons.https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/proximal-tibial-fractures/dontforgetthebubbles.com·233 People Reached·Boost Post Proximal Tibial FracturesNow for another from our minor (and not so minor) injury series ….
Fracture Friday. Time a for a review of our old friend the supra condylar. Yes it’s all monkey buisiness. This is a DFTB review of the condition and important features. What I look most out of this was the position for gartland 2 being 30-40 degrees. These are all transported to hospital from our clinic. Perhaps we should review our transport cast positioning?