Maori cultural competence DVDs
November 2008
Providers can order copies of this DVD and Guidelines (which are packaged together) through the ACC website,
www.acc.co.nz under the “Resources” link in the “For Providers” section, or by calling the provider helpline 0800 222 070. The reference for the resource is ACC1625.
Workforce discussion papers
October 2008 -
MoH discussion papers on the medical workforce and funding.
HDC Naming Policy
July 27th 2008
Consultation review;
Naming Policy
ACC recognised funders - call for submissions
July 8th 2008
http://www.acc.co.nz/for-providers/previous-news/PRD_CTRB091090
After-hours working party report - MoH
Report and recommendations.
CUCP triage guidelines
CUCP has developed
draft triage guidelines designed for community use. Comments please to
Rob Kofoed.
JCUCP - Journal of urgent care Practice
October 21st 2003
CUCP is developing a medical journal which will include articles, letters to the editor, UC Practice tips, and other urgent care matters. Trevor Speight, a medical editor with more than 28 years experience has been engaged to assist with this publication.
We would appreciate your input.
All articles, and suggestions should be sent to
Brenda Evitt or urgent care Practitioners Association, 202 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland, and include, your name and all contact details.
HDC opinions
The following cases involve urgent care or facilities.
One CME point is available per case studied. The following summary should be kept for audit purposes:
- the case number e.g. Case 01HDC02515
- the clinical problem e.g. abdominal pain
- the date of the HDC report e.g. 30 April 2003
- points relevant to pre-hospital care learned from review of the case e.g. being wary of treating undiagnosed abdominal pain out of context of history and clinical findings, value of repeated abdominal examination, being wary of treating undiagnosed abdominal pain with narcotics.
October 2008 - Child dies suddenly from meningococcal disease
November 2009 - Busy junior medical registrar misses acute IHD in the ED; defective hospital systems
November 2008 - another missed subarachnoid haemorrhage.
February 2008 - Acute sensorineural hearing loss in the presence of earwax - beware the dual pathology.
August 2007 - MI following adrenaline for presumed anaphylaxis
April 2007 - malignant lymphoma presenting as a sore throat
November 2006 - ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess; triage
October 2006 - chest pain and MI in a 31 year old man; onset after drinking 4l of beer
November 2005 - chest pain and referral to rule out PE
October 2005 - Possible misdiagnosis of spider bite
June 2005 - Lack of examination and investigation of urinary and abdominal symptoms; inadequate record-keeping.
June 2005 - Delayed diagnosis of testicular torsion.
March 2005 - Rash erroneously attributed to codeine reaction when patient suffering from meningococcal disease.
August 2004 - meningococcal septicaemia in a child
May 2004 - Management of compression fracture of vertebra caused by dive into pool.
May 2004 - Emergency Department treatment of patient re-presenting with headache and subsequently diagnosed with subarachnoid haemorrhage.
May 2004 - Management of thigh injury that progressed to osteomyelitis; communication issues when patient had limited English.
May 2004 - meningococcal disease
May 2004 - missed cervical spine fracture with apparent shoulder injury
February 2004 - missed cervical spine fracture
September 2003 - missed MI
September 2003 - testicular torsion
April 2003 - Abdominal pain
March 2003 - deep venous thrombosis
January 2003 - subarachnoid haemorrhage
October 2002 - Angulated wrist fracture
September 2002 - Glass F/B in shin laceration
August 2002 - Ulcerative colitis
May 2002 - Missed ectopic pregnancy
April 2001 - Shoulder fracture in a child
February 2001 - Extradural haematoma; systems failure
May 2000 - Meningococcal disease
September 1998 - Diagnosis of spinal fracture
June 1998 - Lower limb fractures in a child
January 1998 - Fracture distal ulna