The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care

In cases of Fournier's Gangrene, and necrotising fasciitis in general, early detection and treatment is vital.  Risk factors help raise the concern and knowing about SGLT-2 inhibitors as an evolving risk factor is important.

 

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Check out the Dermnet page by Singh

Check out the Stat Pearls page

Wallace HA, Perera TB. Necrotizing Fasciitis. 2023 Feb 21. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. PMID: 28613507.

 

 

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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 medical advice, always consult your usual doctor

Pica is an eating disorder that can cause abdominal symptoms, obstruction, poisoning, parasitic infections and is associated with iron deficiency anaemia.  We should be aware of it in the urgent care setting.  

Check out the papers mentioned

Mohammad Rizwan Hussain, Philip Holcroft, Mohammed Tayab Qureshi, EP467 - Bowel obstruction due to colonic lithobezoar in a patient with PICA, BJS, Volume 111, Issue Supplement_8, September 2024, znae197.500, Link

Ganesan PR, Vasauskas AA. The Association Between Pica and Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A Scoping Review. Cureus. 2023 Apr 20;15(4):e37904. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37904. PMID: 37220446; PMCID: PMC10199804. Link

 

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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 medical advice, always consult your usual doctor

For the 300th Urgent Bite, we reflect on lessons learned from seven and a half years of podcasting.  

 

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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 medical advice, always consult your usual doctor

The Kager fat pad is seen in lateral radiographs of the ankle, and the loss or alteration of this pad can indicate injury or pathology in that region.  

 

Check out the paper mentioned

Somford MP, Hoornenborg D, Wiegerinck JJ. Kager's "Bermuda" Triangle. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Jul-Aug;53(4):503-4. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Apr 17. Erratum in: J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Sep-Oct;53(5):676. PMID: 24746534.

 

Check out the Radiopaedia Page by Elfkey

 

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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 medical advice, always consult your usual doctor

Martha's Rule is an important new initiative in the NHS England that aims to ensure that patient, family and caregiver concern for deterioration is heard and acted upon.  This is because evidence shows that these groups recognise deterioration earlier, and there are cases, as with Martha Mills, where these concerns are not acted upon quickly enough to prevent harm, or even death.  We should all reflect on Martha's story and Martha's Rule.  

 

Check out details and statistics on Martha's Rule at the NHS Website.

 

You can find NZ Sepsis pathways at the HQSC  and Sepsis Trust websites below.

https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-work/improved-service-delivery/sepsis/

 

https://www.sepsis.org.nz/clinical-tools/

 

Check out the Paper from The Lancet.

Mills E, Lin P, Asghari-Jafarabadi M, West A, Craig S. Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025 Jul;9(7):450-458. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00098-7. Epub 2025 May 29. PMID: 40451224.

 

 

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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 medical advice, always consult your usual doctor