Urgent Bite 59 – Coping with wearing your mask all day – With Dr Zoë Cruse and Dr David Sorrell
Wearing a mask all day affects the way we breathe, and our breath can affect how we see out of our glasses.
Free EpiPens to go towards thousands of at-risk New Zealanders
The epipen, an essential device to easily deliver life saving medication. Unfortunately it is at quite a cost. Something we could debate about for quite a while. Fundapen organisation has stepped in to help those in need. Unfortunately, their funding is running out with only a few hundred epipens left to give. I hope they…
Choosing Wisely in Aotearoa New Zealand
CMC have released the latest copy of “Choosing Wisely in Aotearoa New Zealand: The achievements and the challenges”, which looks at the origins of the campaign in this country, what has been achieved, the challenges, and where we are today
Trick of the Trade: Hair apposition technique (HAT trick)
Since we were talking about glue we should talk about the hair apposition technique. Kids love it when you say your going to perform a HAT trick. Parents are not stressed by this either. Personally I have never used it on a 10cm scalp cut but they say you can. https://www.aliem.com/trick-of-trade-hair-apposition/
A Chat about Paramedic PPE with Aaron Turner
All areas of medicine have had to become more familiar with PPE use during the current pandemic. But our colleagues in the paramedic world must be prepared to get called to all kinds of hazardous situations and be skilled in a wide range of PPE equipment.
College newsletter
This newsletter covers College activities and decisions about training, recertification, and projects for the coming year.
Talking tea cup signs, limping children and EBM with Dr David Sorrell
We catch up again with Dr David Sorrell, Director of Clinical Training, and talk about the Lunate Dislocation, assessing the limping child and the benefits of evidence based medicine.
Talking COVID, SSD and Seymour fractures with Dr David Sorrell
We catch up with Director of Clinical Training, Dr David Sorrell, to chat about his experiences with COVID-19, a great paper from the MJA, SSD use in burns and the Seymour fracture.
Another Friday chat
It has been over a week of Level 4 lockdown. Getting podcasts organised and recorded has been tricky, so today is just a quick chat. We will have some clinical podcasts coming up soon. In the meantime, keep well.
We are not talking about medicine this Friday
Dr Richard Chen looks at the latest developments relevant to Urgent Care and talks about the use of PPE in your Urgent Care Clinics.