06 / Patient care · Consult
Paediatric ED calls: acute scrotal pain
- 1Referral
- 2History
- 3Exam
- 4Investigations
- 5Diagnosis
- 6Operate?
- 7Present
- 8Debrief
The referral
Paediatric ED registrar, 05:40: 'Fifteen-year-old boy, woke an hour ago with sudden severe left testicular pain and vomited. The testis looks high and he will not let me touch it. I have asked for an ultrasound; can you see him?'
15-year-old boy, previously well, no medications; his mother is with him.