Urgent Bite 128 -Blood Sugar Monitors
What factors can affect the reading you get from a glucometer?
Urgent Bite 127 – The Tragus
Why is it called the tragus and when might we encounter it in urgent care?
2021 Annual Survey
(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…
Talking infant reflux and why we should look up information with Dr Tim Funaki
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.
Urgent Bite 126 – The Chauffeur Fracture
Have you heard of the Chauffeur Fracture?
Discussing the importance of resus training – with Dr Jonathon Webber
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
Profile in Urgent Care – Dr Tamsin Lillie
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.
Urgent Bite 125 -Thinking about the language we use
Why have I got swimmers ear, when I do not swim?