As announced at our Bootcamp weekend in Wellington, the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM) has just launched a Fellowship in Medical Writing and Editing. This should interest anyone interested in medical writing, publishing and journalism. It is hoped that this Fellowship will run yearly. Anyone interested in discussing future Fellowship opportunities should contact the…
What is the Koebner Phenomenon?
What should you look for in quadriceps tendon and patella tendon ruptures?
What is a Felon and what should we do about it?
This year we took Bootcamp to Wellington, holding it at the Rydges Hotel on September 14 and 15, with the Fellowship ceremony and dinner on the Saturday evening. The Saturday sessions got underway after a wonderful opening Mihi Whakatau from the local iwi. The first three sessions followed the previous Bootcamp format, featuring groups of…
Some important considerations when working up chest pain that will make us think of a thoracic aneurysm.
This webinar was hosted by the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine on October 16 at 0700 NZDT The COVID-19 RAT test gave us our first experience with a rapid viral test that we could perform within our clinics. With the availability, albeit at a cost via the pharmacy, of similar tests for RSV and influenza…
What is Kehr’s sign?
Drug-induced tendinopathy can occur early, and late in a person’s usage. So we must consider a patient’s medication history closely whenever they have symptoms of tendinopathy or rupture.
Dry socket might present to urgent care. What is it and what should we do about it?