Latest Colorectal Podcast Episodes
Holly's Story: Prolapse, Pessaries and Getting Your Life Back
Why Mums Don't Jump - June 20, 2024 01:00 - 25 minutesHelen speaks to Holly Puddephatt, a content creator from Leeds, host of the podcast Me, Myself & Mum Life and mum to toddler, Thea. Holly discovered she had pelvic organ prolapse in October last year, two years after her daughter was born. Like so many of us, she'd never heard of it a...
Med Error Leads to Change in L&D Policy
MedMal Insider - May 14, 2024 17:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsA 30-year-old woman experiencing her first pregnancy, presented to the Labor and Delivery unit. She was given the wrong drug and required an emergent C-section. The "five rights" of medication administration focuses on individual factors and not necessarily on system flaws. Many organizations ar...
Bonus Episode: EveryWoman Festival 2024
Why Mums Don't Jump - May 14, 2024 02:00 - 22 minutesEverywoman is back! After a sparkling launch in 2023, the Everywoman Festival is returning to Cardiff on Saturday June 15th, 2024! The festival is about offering empowerment, support and education on health topics that may be difficult or considered taboo to talk about. This year th...
Dear God, It's me Mandy
Rerouted - January 07, 2024 22:00 - 40 minutesA very personal episode about Mandy's relationship with God and how it has grown since a life changing accident on Halloween 2023. Please send any comments or questions to [email protected] Title Song: No Looking Back Artist: Lee Sylvestre https://soundcloud.com/leesylvestre Chec...
Incidental Lung Nodule Overlooked, No Follow-up, Fatal Cancer Advances
MedMal Insider - December 30, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsA patient was imaged for abdominal pain, but the radiologist saw and reported an incidental finding of a nodule on the lower lung that was not pursued or revealed to the patient for 2 years. The cancer had metastasized, and the patient died from lung cancer 18 months later.
Overdose or Poor Documentation?
MedMal Insider - October 17, 2023 17:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe patient’s family alleged that improper management of the patient under anesthesia resulted in cardiorespiratory arrest, permanent brain damage, and a persistent vegetative state. While the cause of the patient’s cardiac arrest is uncertain, the CRNA failed to note which medications and doses ...
Response to Charges of Discrimination can Help or Hurt a Hospital, Any Employer
MedMal Insider - July 12, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWhen hospitals and medical practices face charges of discrimination from employees, the consequences can include litigation, large payments, morale problems, and less quality care for the patients they serve. How an employer responds can make all the difference in outcomes. Based on closed claims...
Walking the Talk
Rerouted - June 12, 2023 01:00 - 25 minutesToday's episode was inspired by a moment of introspection about how passionate Mandy is about eradicating child trafficking and she questions just what people's true lines are. Title Song: No Looking Back Artist: Lee Sylvestre https://soundcloud.com/leesylvestre Articles Referenced in this e...
Bonus Episode: The EveryWoman Festival
Why Mums Don't Jump - May 15, 2023 01:00 - 14 minutesForget Glastonbury! There's a women's health festival happening in Cardiff on Saturday June 24th, 2023, and it's going to be epic! The EveryWoman Festival is about offering empowerment, support and education on health topics that may be difficult or considered taboo to talk about. In...
Hypopressives
Why Mums Don't Jump - May 09, 2023 01:00 - 26 minutesIf you've ever Googled your pelvic floor problems, you've probably come across Hypopressives. They're not easy to describe, but are essentially a series of breathing and posture exercises for your core and pelvic floor, with a focus on decreasing intra-abdominal pressure. While they'r...
Dr Adanna's Pelvic Floor Guide
Why Mums Don't Jump - May 02, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutesIn 2022, for the first time, a pelvic health guide was published to help non-specialist clinicians advise women on pelvic floor muscle training. It's for GPs, midwives, nurses and health visitors - to try to plug a long-standing knowledge gap and help more women with pelvic floor dysfunction to...
Strong Like Mum, with Shakira Akabusi
Why Mums Don't Jump - April 25, 2023 01:00 - 29 minutesHow do you safely return to exercise when you have pelvic floor problems? Maybe you're afraid to make a prolapse worse, or you leak when you run or jump. Maybe you've been advised to avoid running, jumping or lifting, and if so, how do you find a way to feel strong again? Helen speaks...
Prudent's Story
Why Mums Don't Jump - April 11, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutes<T/W: description of birth, perineal tear and blood loss> In this episode, Helen speaks to listener, Prudent Haughton, who developed prolapse, pelvic pain and incontinence following a severe tear during the birth of her second child, fifteen months ago. Prudent talks about how she, lik...
Slow to Diagnose Endocarditis After Repeat Visits
MedMal Insider - April 04, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsOne thing that seemed to be missing in this particular evaluation was a formal differential diagnosis that may have been present in the physician’s brain, but wasn’t documented, and there’s no evidence that it was really thought about.
Pelvic Floor Surgery: Urogynaecology (Part Two)
Why Mums Don't Jump - April 04, 2023 01:00 - 28 minutesPicking up where we left off last time: surgical options for pelvic floor dysfunction. What treatments or procedures are available, what do they involve, and to what extent do they work? Urogynaecology is a sub-speciality of gynaecology that focuses on helping women with problems rela...
Pelvic Floor Surgery: Urogynaecology (Part One)
Why Mums Don't Jump - March 28, 2023 01:00 - 29 minutesIf you have pelvic floor dysfunction, there's a good chance you've at least wondered about your surgical options. What treatments or procedures are available, what do they involve, and to what extent do they work? Urogynaecology is a sub-speciality of gynaecology that focuses on helping wome...
Sarah Jayne Dunn
Why Mums Don't Jump - March 21, 2023 02:00 - 35 minutes<Trigger warning: description of birth including ventouse delivery, episiotomy, retained placenta, anal fissures.> In this episode, Helen and the actress Sarah Jayne Dunn talk about postpartum recovery and how hard that can be, especially if things haven't gone exactly to plan. They di...
The Lowdown on Pelvic Pain
Why Mums Don't Jump - March 14, 2023 02:00 - 30 minutesYou might have heard the term 'pelvic pain' but what does it really mean? And how does it relate to pelvic floor problems after childbirth? In this episode Helen speaks to Virginia Rivers Bulkeley, a specialist pelvic health physiotherapist and an expert in postnatal pelvic floor dys...
Katie's Story
Why Mums Don't Jump - March 07, 2023 02:00 - 28 minutesHelen speaks to listener, Katie Nicolson, who struggled with stress incontinence after having a severe tear during childbirth two years ago. Katie talks about the shock reality of postpartum recovery, her journey to the 2022 London marathon and the medical professionals from Liverpool W...
Signs of Bias in Rejected Request for Accommodation
MedMal Insider - December 12, 2022 10:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsBoston Attorney Megan Kures explains how a hospital should respond to a request for accommodation. Tip: it shouldn’t be a knee-jerk no, and be sure to involve HR from the start.
Episode 12 Am I Really Alone?
Rerouted - October 25, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutesIn this episode, Mandy speaks from the heart about the trend to normalize behavior that puts all children at risk. Details about what is being referred to can be found here. https://twitter.com/iamdansgal/status/1584750873413963777?s=20&t=DkH3DfXa6cdW7PSxZyzRYg Title Song: No Looking Back A...
Health Payment Reform Act: Rules to Protect Providers
MedMal Insider - September 27, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAfter a state medical error disclosure and apology law went into effect in November 2012, health providers in Massachusetts have protections and rules to follow.
The Gender Health Gap, with Sarah Graham
Why Mums Don't Jump - May 17, 2022 01:00 - 27 minutesThe gender health gap. It's a phrase we're hearing more and more and is relevant around the world. So what's it all about and what does it mean for those of us with pelvic floor dysfunction? Helen chats to the award-winning health journalist, Sarah Graham, founder of the Hysterical W...
BONUS EPISODE: The Therapeutic Poet
Why Mums Don't Jump - May 10, 2022 01:00 - 2 minutesCrazy times at WMDJ HQ so no full episode this week, sorry! Instead, here's something to make you smile from a listener, psychotherapist and poet, Jacky Power (aka The Therapeutic Poet). Normal service resumes next week! Jacky hosts The Therapeutic Poet podcast. Her first collection of...
Ending the Pelvic Floor Taboo, with Dr Catherine Blackledge
Why Mums Don't Jump - May 03, 2022 01:00 - 27 minutesPelvic floor problems are surrounded by stigma and shame, but have you ever wondered why? Why do we find anything remotely related to our genitalia so embarrassing? And if we didn't, what difference would it make to how we feel? Helen meets Dr Catherine Blackledge, a scientist, journal...
Niki's Story
Why Mums Don't Jump - April 26, 2022 01:00 - 28 minutesDiastasis recti is where the muscles that run down the middle of your stomach separate during pregnancy. It's really common and usually goes back to normal within eight weeks of delivery, but sometimes it doesn't. And it can lead to back problems and hernia - both things that Niki Odogw...
Helen Gets a Pessary
Why Mums Don't Jump - April 19, 2022 01:00 - 19 minutesIt's a big day in Helen's pessary saga! After a year-long wait to be fitted for a vaginal pessary, she's offered a private appointment with a specialist in London. In this episode, you'll hear what happens at a pessary fitting when Helen visits Tracey Matthews - a women's health physi...
Cardiac Event Mismanaged in ED
MedMal Insider - April 13, 2022 09:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsAn otherwise healthy 50-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with atypical chest pain. Discharge and death the next morning followed.
Elaine Miller (Gusset Grippers)
Why Mums Don't Jump - April 12, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutesHelen is joined by Elaine Miller (aka Gusset Grippers) - a fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and award winning comedian who's on a mission to tackle your pelvic floor...whilst making you laugh, which sounds counterintuitive but actually makes perfect sense! They discuss...
Sophie Power
Why Mums Don't Jump - April 05, 2022 01:00 - 24 minutesReturning to running postpartum is one thing. Then add pelvic floor problems to the mix. Now imagine you're an ultra-runner who likes to do 100-plus mile races. This is Sophie Power. Since a photo of her breastfeeding her baby mid-race went viral, Sophie has been working to empower mor...
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