The First Bite of Christmas – Popping Corks

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Welcome to the First Bite of Christmas.  Always be careful when popping the cork on a bottle of Sparkling wine. http://eyewiki.aao.org/Commotio_Retinae https://radiopaedia.org/articles/orbital-blowout-fracture-1 https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1190165-overview www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by Francesco D’Andrea This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you…

Urgent Bite 12 – Using Gut Instinct when Safety Netting your Consultation – featuring Professor Bruce Arroll

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Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  Today we look at using gut instinct when safety netting your consultations.  Many thanks to Professor Bruce Arroll for sharing his story. Article from the European Journal of General Practice – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/13814788.2015.1092516 www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc www.goodfellowunit.org   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad Christmas Elves by Francesco D’Andrea…

Urgent Bite 11 – Antibiotics for Children with Cough

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Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  Today we look at a paper from the British Journal of General Practice regarding the use of Antibiotics in Children with Cough to prevent deterioration or re-consultation.  The Pubmed link below features the abstract and the full paper is linked from there. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Impact+of+antibiotics+for+children+presenting+to+general+practice+with+cough+on+adverse+outcomes%3A www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com…

NZMA’s DiTC Trainee Forum 2019

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We are keen to send a registrar representative to participate in the DiTC trainee forum on behalf of the College. We are looking for a volunteer – registrar or senior registrar – who is preferably based in Wellington.  Note that this is on the same day as the Goodfellow Symposium and AGM, so it’s more…

Episode 4 – Professor Arroll makes things crystal clear

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Welcome to Episode 4 of the Official Podcast of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care. Gout with Professor Bruce Arroll (1.28) http://gouthappyfeet.com https://www.goodfellowunit.org http://www.saferx.co.nz/assets/Documents/full/ddcb1e2e8c/colchicine.pdf   Nurses Station with Amor Kisling NP (33.07 ) – Nail Trephination https://www.embeds.co.uk/2018/05/09/nail-trephination/ https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/82926-overview   Urgent Bite Review (53.19) Music Licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Full Grip by Score Squad This podcast…

Urgent Bite 10 – Vestibular Rehab with Ronen Buser

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Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  In Episode 3 Dr Kevin Bell mentioned Vestibular Rehab in relation to concussion management.  So to find out what this involves and how it works I have spoken with Physiotherapist Ronen Buser. Many thanks to Ronen for his time and to Lisa Hansen for getting us together https://www.lisahansenphysio.co.nz/index.php/about-us/ www.rnzcuc.org.nz…

Urgent Bite 9 – Topical Antibiotics

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Welcome to this week’s Urgent Bite.  Today we reflect on a recent article in BPAC concerning topical antibiotics.  The use of these treatments in the last year has halved but there are calls to reduce the use still further.  So when should we use them? BPAC article 2018 – https://bpac.org.nz/2018/topical-antibiotics.aspx 2 part BPAC article from 2017…