Urgent Bite 128 -Blood Sugar Monitors
What factors can affect the reading you get from a glucometer?
What factors can affect the reading you get from a glucometer?
Why is it called the tragus and when might we encounter it in urgent care?
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.
Have you heard of the Chauffeur Fracture?
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
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.
Why have I got swimmers ear, when I do not swim?
Torsion is a diagnosis not to miss. This is a good paper to review
In case you need some ideas for CPD, check out these ideas.
A good paper to read about antibiotic prescribing in children with LRTI and an opportunity to listen to the author of the paper