Dr. Dinesh Deonarain is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care who is in Nepal on assignment. He is volunteering for the Himalayan Rescue Association as one of the Everest ER base camp doctors for the 2019 climbing season. This blog follows his experiences in the high alpine of the Everest region.
Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite. Today we take a quick look at the Choosing Wisely initiative.
https://choosingwisely.org.nz
Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite. Today we look at next week’s podcast recording that is happening on stage at the Goodfellow Symposium. It will be an interview with Emergency Medicine Specialist and President elect of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, Dr John Bonning.
Welcome to the Second Profile in Urgent Care. This episode we talk with Dr Claire Russell, an Urgent Care Physician in Hamilton, NZ, whose career has quite literally taken her around the world.
Welcome to this weeks Urgent Bite. Today we look at a recent open access paper in the BMJ that looked at the effect immediate antibiotics had on bloodstream infections and all cause mortality in the elderly with UTI, compared to no antibiotics or delayed antibiotics. It is worth reading.
Welcome to Episode 7 of the Official Podcast of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care.
Owing to illness and other scheduling problems there is no main talk this episode. We will endeavour to release the talk at a later date when recorded.
Coming Soon – our next Profile in Urgent Care will feature Dr Claire Russell.
We learn about Claire’s Journey to Urgent Care via Emergency Medicine and Rural General Practice, whilst also pursuing a love of sailing, travel and adventure. We learn how with the right team you can take on the world and how that team might not be what convention or the establishment expects.
Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite. Today we ask the question – do you prescribe an antidepressant on the first visit to an Urgent Care?
Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite. Today we look at the Pronator Quadratus Fat Pad Sign – an indicator of possible wrist fracture that is worth looking for on a lateral wrist radiograph.
Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite. Today we look at the Pronator Quadratus Fat Pad Sign – an indicator of possible wrist fracture that is worth looking for on a lateral wrist radiograph.