TheCase.Report - An Irish Emergency Medicine Podcast

Joining us on our Parkinson’s Disease bonus episode this month, EM trainees Henrietta Sabbagha and Gideon-Phil Meyer speak to Conor O’Gara about their Parkinson’s disease Quality Improvement Projects they have supervised in Irish hospitals. We learn about their excellent audits to try and improve PD care in their emergency departments and pick up transferable tips for how to do so across the country.  We run through their projects, discuss the highs and the lows, and we take home some hot tips to take forward for our own QIP projects! Listen now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and as always, be sure to follow along on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook and X to keep updated with all things TCR. Right then, let’s get to it!

Welcome to November's main episode of TheCase.Report! In this episode we dive into all things Parkinson’s disease (PD). Our team keep their differentials broad as they work up and diligently manage a 78-year-old man presenting with an acute behavioural change on a background of Parkinson's Disease. We’re delighted to have Dr Barry Keane, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at St James’s Hospital join us this month as our Adult in the Room to review our work. This episode is bursting with clinical pearls as we discuss what to consider and what not to miss in Parkinson's Disease patients. As always, don’t forget to follow us on socials on ⁠⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠x⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠facebook ⁠⁠⁠to keep updated with all things TCR. Coffee in hand? Right then, let’s get to it!

Welcome back to TheCase.Report, it's our first episode of season 5! It's hard to believe that we're moving into the 5th year of TCR! All the way back in our first ever episode we had an infective case that was very topical at the time - covid - And so to kick things off for Season 5, we're looking at another highly infective case of viral haemorrhagic fever. Joining us on our case this month are our NCHDs Conor O’Gara, Leah Flanagan and Ralph Hurley O’Dwyer, who treat us to a comprehensive run through of the case. We were delighted to be joined by Dr Deirdre Morley and Dr Catherine Uhomoibhi for the second segment in the episode. They are working as co-leads on the development of the National High Level Isolation Unit (HLIU), and discuss the process of designing the HLIU as well as some Irish-led international simulation they've been leading in the Infective Diseases sphere. As always, don’t forget to follow us on socials on ⁠⁠instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠x and ⁠⁠facebook ⁠⁠to keep updated with all things TCR. Coffee in hand? Right then, let’s get to it!

Season 5 is just around the corner! We'll be kicking off the new season October 7th. Mark your calendars! In the meantime, Mohammed is off to Pakistan this week to PakTraumaCon 2024. Being the insufferable nerd that he is, he's not satisfied annoying his colleagues and new acquaintances only at the conference, but has also been after them for chats before even getting on the plane... Someone needs to stop him! Joining him on this bonus is Prof Junaid Abdul Razzak, also a speaker at PakTraumaCon this year. Prof Abdul Razzak is Vice Chair of Research at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, and is also the Director of the Centre of Excellence for Trauma and Emergencies at the Aga Khan University in Karachi. Right! Let's get to it.