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
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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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
How can we avoid missing these rare but commonly missed injuries?
Check out the papers mentioned.
Pelrine E, Larson E, Freilich A, Dacus AR, Deal N. Treatment and Outcomes of Missed Perilunate Dislocations: A Case Series. J Wrist Surg. 2023 May 8;13(2):171-175. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768929. PMID: 38505207; PMCID: PMC10948235. Link
Christina Nypaver, Stephen Liu. Perilunate injuries/lunate dislocations and radiocarpal dislocation...
Vitamin B6 is both a prescribed medication and available in many over-the-counter preparations. In high and prolonged doses, it can be a cause of peripheral neuropathy.
Check out the Prescriber Update for June 2025
Hemminger A, Wills BK. Vitamin B6 Toxicity. [Updated 2023 Feb 7]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-
There are a few Hutchinson's signs, but this one relates to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus.
Check out the StatPearls page on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
Minor M, Payne E. Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus. [Updated 2023 Aug 14]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-.
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How do you remove an embedded fishhook?
Check out the ALIEM page by Dr Riveros, Dr Kim and Dr Dyer
Check out the AAFP article by Dr Gammons and Dr Jackson
Link to the UpToDate page (subscription required)
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We can diagnose a TFCC injury clinically. Management is much like any sprain, but ongoing issues may need a hand surgeon workup.
Check out the OrthoBullets page by Dr Abassi and Dr Vitale
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Testing for dysdiadochokinesia is simple, and something we learned way back at the start of medical training. But it is a useful and important test to still do in urgent care
Check out the Stat Pearls Page
Rocha Cabrero F, De Jesus O. Dysdiadochokinesia. [Updated 2023 Aug 23]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-.
Onychomycosis is not an urgent condition, but it can present through urgent care.
Check out the recent BPAC page, reviewed by Prof Amanda Oakley
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This week, we chat with Khang Gan and Erin Carn-Bennett from MedSim Solutions.
We discuss psychologically safe simulations and how they can benefit practice. We discuss the benefits of in-house resus simulations and how these can be achieved in urgent care. We also discussed a 4-hour in-house paediatric resus course that they run, which is endorsed as a resus refresher with the College.
It is important to check for hyphaema, blood in the anterior chamber of the eye, after trauma. It is also important to use a slit lamp to check for microhyphaema.
Check out Urgent Bite 162 on Seidel's test
Check out Urgent Bite 163 on Hypopyon
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ANZAC day prompts us to reflect on the past.
As clinicians, reflective practice is a necessary part of our ongoing learning and development. However, reflecting is not just for our clinical practice.
Check out details of the Te Papa exhibition - Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War.
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How can we avoid errors associated with cognitive biases? In retrospect, we can easily see these biases unfold, but how can we identify them as they happen?
Check out the paper mentioned
Croskerry P. Achieving quality in clinical decision making: cognitive strategies and detection of bias. Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Nov;9(11):1184-204. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2002.tb01574.x. PMID: 12414468.
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A tip to ensure you align the vermilion border accurately.
Check out the Laceration Repair blog page
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Do you use colchicine for acute gout flares? Are you aware of the risk factors for toxicity?
Check out the Prescriber update for March 2025
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What is the knee to wall test and what does it measure?
Check out the Physiopaedia page on the Knee to Wall Test
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Do you establish the patient agenda at each consultation?
Singh Ospina N, Phillips KA, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Castaneda-Guarderas A, Gionfriddo MR, Branda ME, Montori VM. Eliciting the Patient's Agenda- Secondary Analysis of Recorded Clinical Encounters. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan;34(1):36-40. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4540-5. Epub 2018 Jul 2. PMID: 29968051; PMCID: PMC6318197.
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