Dr Emily Amos is a GP who founded Whole Hearted Medicine following an episode of career burnout. This company provides CPD retreats with a focus on wellbeing education.
This has been endorsed as a CPD activity for RNZCUC members.
Research is essential for establishing best practice. More urgent care specific research will enable best practice to be established for patients attending urgent care clinics with urgent conditions.
An epistaxis can be severe enough that a patient becomes anaemic and develops shock. How good are estimations, by patients and clinicians, of blood loss during an epistaxis?
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH) in newborns is screened for by midwives, Plunket nurses, and GPs. While not a routine part of UC practice, spotting signs and referring appropriately is something we should be aware of in urgent care.
The Jahss Manoeuvre is a technique used for reducing metacarpal neck fractures with unacceptable molar angulation.
This is a re-upload of the poem released last Christmas Eve. The message still stands, so it warrents another listen this year.
Thank you to all the staff working in urgent care clinics over the holidays.
In this month’s prescriber update there are a couple of interesting pieces on causes of anaphylaxis and angioedema, including a supplement that many may use after indulging at Christmas.
The movie, Sliding Doors, shows how a simple act like missing getting on a train can result in two different storylines unfurling.
Considering sliding door moments in your practice is a good way to reflect on practice and allows for recognising ways to improve practice.
Adventitious bursae arrive throughout life and are not present at birth.
When considering the broad topic of the upper respiratory tract infection, catarrh and coryza is mentioned. What are they and why do old and outdated medical terms still persist.