Urgent Bite 194 – Achenbach Syndrome
What would you think if a patient presents with a spontaneously bruised digit?
Urgent Bite 193 -Feline therapy and take home information
It is important to remember our role in recommending simple measures to help our patients and it is worth thinking about the power of take-home information that details the advice you have given.
Urgent Care Centre Forum
The health care sector is experiencing unprecedented times, coupled with staff shortages and high levels of unenrolled patients. We are all in the same waka. City Medical Napier has proposed a quarterly forum of the urgent care centres across Aotearoa New Zealand, where we can sit around the virtual table and share our challenges and…
Urgent Bite 192 – Urinary Alkalinisers and Antibiotics
Urinary alkalinisers can reduce the effectiveness of certain antibiotics
Essential Knowledge Quiz 3
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Webinar recording on Hand/Finger injuries and Chronic Back pain
On Tuesday the 26th of September our Director of Professional Development, Guy Melrose, delivered a webinar presentation to a GP audience as part of a Te Whatu Ora NRHCC webinar series. The talk was on four commonly missed hand and finger injuries. Also presenting at this webinar was Dr Peter Gow, a recently retired Rheumatologist…
Talking the Jump Test for Appendicitis with Dr David Sorrell
Dave has used this test for years to help with his diagnosis, so he was relieved to find a paper that supported its use.
New audio interviews highlight improvements in trauma care and rehabilitation
A new audio interview series featuring health care professionals and researchers involved in trauma care and rehabilitation has been published on the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission website. Called Trauma Exchange, the interviews are of interest to anyone involved in trauma care and rehabilitation. They cover a range of topics: State of…