Other non-SRC condition

Emergency Referral Criteria

Criteria for Emergency include: 

• Clinical judgement (consider phone discussion where appropriate with on-call consultant or registrar)
• Ectopic pregnancy 
• Ruptured haemorrhagic ovarian cyst 
• Ovarian torsion 
• Acute/severe pelvic pain 
• Significant or uncontrolled vaginal bleeding 
• Severe infection 
• Abscess intra pelvis or PID 
• Bartholin's abscess / acute painful enlargement of a Bartholin's gland/cyst 
• Acute trauma including vulva/vaginal lacerations, haematoma and/or penetrating injuries 
• Post-operative complications within 6 weeks including wound infection, wound breakdown, vaginal bleeding/discharge, retained products of conception post-op, abdominal pain 
• Urinary retention 
• Acute urinary obstruction 
• Any molar pregnancy 
• Inevitable and / or incomplete miscarriage 
• Hyperemesis gravidarum 
• Ascites, secondary to known underlying gynaecological oncology

If you, or someone else, are experiencing a serious and life-threatening injury or illness call triple zero (000) immediately or go to the nearest Emergency Department.

Learn more about when to access emergency care and non-emergency care options if the injury or illness is not serious or life-threatening.

Statewide Referral Criteria (SRC)

Criteria for referral to public hospital specialist clinic services

Red flags are clinical indicators of possible serious underlying conditions requiring further medical intervention. They may or may not indicate an emergency.

SRC Category not yet available for this service. Your referral will be triaged and you will be notified of the categorisation outcome.

Information to be included in the referral

(Referral may be returned without this)

Essential supporting information

Pathology

• Any relevant

Imaging

• Any relevant 

Investigations/other

• Any relevant

Additional information

• Relevant clinical information including symptoms, onset and physical examination findings

Additional resources

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