(published March 2022) The results of the annual survey are available online here. In general, the College appears to be doing well, even very well, in the areas that we asked about. We asked about registrars’ experience of the training programme, and most (nearly all) responses indicated agreement or strong agreement to a range of…
We are joined by Dr Tim Funaki who talks to us about a recent experience he had when he discovered a guideline had changed without his realising. We discuss how we should feel comfortable looking up information, even if we think we already know it and we take a look at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne infant reflux guidelines.
Have you heard of the Chauffeur Fracture?
Why do we have to do a yearly resus course?
We talk with Dr Jonathon Webber about a recent paper on which they were an author that looked at the variability in CPR training among NZ health professionals. We go on to discuss the benefits of a yearly CPR course and ways in which teams can get the most out of their yearly resus training
Dr Tamsin Lillie is a FRNZCUC currently in Malawi. We talk to her about her career in medicine, how she found Urgent Care and the charity work she is doing in Africa.
Why have I got swimmers ear, when I do not swim?
Torsion is a diagnosis not to miss. This is a good paper to review
Author: Dr Pregasen Naicker
Type: Other research
Date: February 2022
Abstract:
Distal radius fractures are one of the most common fractures. Plaster casting remains the common treatment of choice for simple distal radius +/- ulna fractures. Casting has been noted by patients to be heavy, itchy, cumbersome, restrictive of work and leisure activity, and presents a hygiene risk. To alleviate the difficulties noted with casting, an evaluation of a novel adjustable wrist orthosis in the non-operative management of distal radius fractures was performed