The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care

Home of the Official Podcasts of the RNZCUC - these are intended to provide ongoing education for me

Episodes

Total: 143

Urgent Bite 200 - CARM

2023/12/8

We should be reporting suspected medication-induced anaphylaxis to CARM.  Likewise, remember to repo

Words change but conditions stay the same.     Check out the paper mentioned. Strupp M, Bisdorff A,

Whether an incidental finding or related to a presenting issue, advising a surfer about preventing e

Whether reviewing a possible subungual haematoma or an opportunistic finding, urgent care clinicians

Urgent Bite 196 - Foot Drop

2023/11/10

We should always observe our patient's gait and make sure to look our for a foot drop.   Check out t

The Zurich Tongue Scheme may help you in assessing tongue lacerations in kids.     Check out the pap

What would you think if a patient presents with a spontaneously bruised digit?     Check out the Der

It is important to remember our role in recommending simple measures to help our patients and it is

Urinary alkalinisers can reduce the effectiveness of certain antibiotics   Check out the BPAC articl

Dave has used this test for years to help with his diagnosis, so he was relieved to find a paper tha

Does colder air help ease croup?   Check out the paper here Siebert JN, Salomon C, Taddeo I, Gervaix

Being burnt out can change the way we prescribe.     Check out the BJGP paper mentioned. Hodkinson A

Smells can be nostalgic, but can they be antiemetic?   Check out the ALIEM page   Check out the Pape

B12 deficiency is worth considering in some of the patients who present through UC.     Check out th

Døds Diving, or death diving, is a Norwegian extreme sport.  Watching it made me consider traumatic

Palpating the cervical lymph nodes is a vital part of our examination of febrile kids.     Check out

5 years of Podcasting

2023/8/18

Today we look back at 5 years of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care podcasts.   If you wan

A couple of eponymous signs to use in evaluating abdominal pain that helps determine a rectus sheath

Look for the cardinal signs of Kawasaki disease in kids with persisting fever.    Check out the Star

Elson's test is an important test to know in urgent care.   Check out Elson's original paper. Elson