The Sixth Bite of Christmas – Batteries

Welcome to the Sixth Bite of Christmas.  Beware the ingested battery. www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by Francesco D’Adrea   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.  For personal…

The Fifth Bite of Christmas – Steak House Syndrome

Welcome to the Fifth Bite of Christmas.  How do you manage an oesophageal Food Bolus impaction. https://bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=405 https://bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=2608 www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by Francesco D’Adrea   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope…

The Fourth Bite of Christmas – Magnets

Welcome to the Fourth Bite of Christmas.  Be wary of ingested magnets and caution is needed even if only one magnet has been swallowed. https://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2012&issue=09000&article=00003&type=Fulltext www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by Francesco D’Adrea   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.…

The Third Bite of Christmas – Coins

Welcome to the Third Bite of Christmas.  Beware of coins in the Christmas pudding. www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by Francesco D’Adrea   This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals.  Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times.…

The Second Bite of Christmas – Mammalian Bites

Welcome to the Second Bite of Christmas.  Make sure you chose the correct antibiotics when managing mammalian bites (and don’t use Cephazolin) https://bpac.org.nz/antibiotics/guide.aspx#bites Always consider adopting when adding a pet to your family. https://www.spca.nz https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/109116499/12-days-of-spca-christmas-pets-meet-lizzie-the-cat-from-taupo?rm=m www.rnzcuc.org.nz podcast@rnzcuc.org.nz https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc   Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com Christmas Elves by Francesco D’Adrea   This podcast is intended to assist in…

The First Bite of Christmas – Popping Corks

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

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

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…

Episode 4 – Professor Arroll makes things crystal clear

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

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…