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 medical professionals and should not be used for self diagnosis. Always consult your regular doctor. Always work within your scope of practice.
Episodes
Dame Jilly Cooper died of an acute subdural haematoma, following a fall.
Pathways for CT head in adults exist to guide us in determining who needs a CT, but we must not forget the importance of safety netting all elderly people after head injury and to consider measures to prevent patients sustaining head injuries in the first place.
Check out the papers mentioned.
Evans LR, Jones J, Lee HQ, Gantner D, Jaison A, Matthew J, Fi...
Sparklers are a common, handheld firework that are popular with all ages, especially children. As they are held in front of your face, can they cause eye injuries?
Shiuey EJ, Kolomeyer AM, Kolomeyer NN. Assessment of Firework-Related Ocular Injury in the US. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 Jun 1;138(6):618-623. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0832. PMID: 32271352; PMCID: PMC7146523.
We must be thorough in reviewing patients who have had direct trauma to their eyes. Objects that are small enough that the orbit provides no protection are of increased concern. In addition to other injuries, we need to be aware of orbital floor fractures and commotio retinae.
Check out the Stat Pearls page on Orbital Floor injuries
Koenen L, Waseem M. Orbital Floor Fracture. [Updated 2023 Dec 15]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. ...
Pisa syndrome is rare, but identifiable in urgent care and associated with drugs we will commonly see. It is a reversible condition. It highlights the importance of a full drug history and to consider medications as causes of strange symptoms.
Check out the Prescriber Update, Vol 46, No 3, September 2025
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Pitton Rissardo J, Murtaza Vora N, Danaf N, Ramesh S, Shariff S, Fornari Caprara AL. P...
We should be aware of the early signs of ocular siderosis, also known as siderosis bulbi which would indicate a retained metallic intraocular foreign body.
Check out the Stat Pearls page.
Acharya I, Raut AA. Siderosis Bulbi. [Updated 2023 Jan 30]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-
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Dr Ceri Battle is a Consultant Respiratory Physiotherapist and an Honorary Associate Professor in Swansea.
Ceri's PHD work led to the creation of the STUMBL score, a tool to help determine the risk of complications for patients with rib fractures.
Following her pre-recorded talk to our Bootcamp, she discusses the STUMBL score on the podcast and answers questions that arose from her talk last month.
Why is it called hypochondriasis, and why might it benefit our patients to identify cases and ensure proper follow-up and treatment?
Check out the papers mentioned.
Sunderland M, Newby JM, Andrews G. Health anxiety in Australia: prevalence, comorbidity, disability and service use. Br J Psychiatry. 2013 Jan;202(1):56-61. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.103960. Epub 2012 Apr 12. PMID: 22500013. link
Dr Fiona Moir and Dr Renske van den Brink are directors of Connect Communications. They both have a background in General Practice and medical education, and they have extensive experience in teaching communication skills to students and experienced clinicians alike.
In Part 2, we consider wellness, burnout prevention, and Balint peer groups, as well as the importance of allocating some of your CPD towards communication-related ...
Dr Fiona Moir and Dr Renske van den Brink are directors of Connect Communications. They both have a background in General Practice and medical education, and they have extensive experience in teaching communication skills to students and experienced clinicians alike.
In part one of this podcast, they tell us how they came to create Connect Communications, and we discuss why communications skills are important to all areas of our...
For World Sepsis Month, we talk with Ally Hossain, whose son is a sepsis survivor.
What are the important lessons we can take from hearing her son's story so that we can pick up and refer suspected sepsis earlier?
Ally is now the Director of Communications and Engagement for the Sepsis Trust in New Zealand and a board member of the Global Sepsis Alliance.
Check out the Sepsis Trust NZ for more information, including pathw...
September is World Sepsis Month. Use this as a reason to explore some sepsis related CPD.
Check out the NZ Sepsis Trust website - https://www.sepsis.org.nz/
Become a Sepsis Superhero - https://stopsepsis.org.nz/
Register for the Webinar by Dr Paul Huggan
Register for the Global Sepsis Alliance Webinar
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Do you see a Christmas tree when you see pityriasis rosea?
Check out the Dermnet page by Prof Amanda Oakley
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Full Grip by Score Squad
This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within yo...
We should be aware of artefacts as a cause of error when interpreting an ECG.
Pérez-Riera AR, Barbosa-Barros R, Daminello-Raimundo R, de Abreu LC. Main artifacts in electrocardiography. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2018 Mar;23(2):e12494. doi: 10.1111/anec.12494. Epub 2017 Sep 20. PMID: 28940924; PMCID: PMC6931710. Link
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Heinrich Quincke has a number of eponyms, but Quincke's disease is isolated angioedema of the uvula.
Check out some related papers.
Sanchez GA, Boot M, Lathif A. Quincke's disease: an unusual pathology. J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Mar 4;2023(3):rjad085. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad085. PMID: 36896152; PMCID: PMC9989133. Link
Johnson W, Shastri N, Fowler M. Quincke's Disease. West J Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;12(4):370. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2011.3...
The RNZCUC Virtual Bootcamp 2025 is on Saturday, September 13th, starting at 0830.
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Full Grip by Score Squad
This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your ...
Do you perform a DRE before referring a suspected case of cauda equina syndrome?
Check out the Stat Pearls page
Rider LS, Marra EM. Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Syndromes. [Updated 2023 Aug 7]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-
Check out the papers mentioned
Sherlock KE, Turner W, Elsayed S, Bagouri M, Baha L, Boszczyk BM, McNally D. The Evaluation of Digital Rectal Examinati...
Ecthyma is a deeper form of impetigo and can leave scarring.
Check out the Dermnet pages
Ecthyma by Vanessa Ngan and Dr Jannnet Gomez
Impetigo by Prof Amanda Oakley and Dr Katie Quirke
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Why is it called a mallet finger?
Check out the OrthoBullets page by Dr Paras
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Full Grip by Score Squad
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 tim...
What to consider when faced with an ear laceration.
Williams CH, Sternard BT. Complex Ear Lacerations. [Updated 2023 Jul 31]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Link
Link to the Laceration Repair Blog
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Wound glue is commonly used in urgent care, and it has an interesting history.
Krishnamoorthy B, Najam O, Khan UA, Waterworth P, Fildes JE, Yonan N. Randomized prospective study comparing conventional subcuticular skin closure with Dermabond skin glue after saphenous vein harvesting. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov;88(5):1445-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.047. PMID: 19853089. Link
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