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Paediatric ED calls: acute scrotal pain

  1. 1Referral
  2. 2History
  3. 3Exam
  4. 4Investigations
  5. 5Diagnosis
  6. 6Operate?
  7. 7Present
  8. 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.