Urology
Rapid access to DRI Urology emergency pathways, referral routes and service information.
Emergency presentations
Choose the presentation. If the patient is unstable, begin resuscitation, use the current sepsis or major-haemorrhage pathway as appropriate, and contact the responsible senior clinician and Urology without delay.
Acute urinary retentionCatheterisation, assessment and failed-catheter escalationVisible or gross haematuriaBleeding assessment, clot retention and referralRenal colic or pyelonephritisImaging, analgesia, infection and obstructionAcute testicular painExclude torsion; assess infection and paraphimosisOther urological emergenciesUrosepsis, trauma, Fournier gangrene, priapism and penile fracture
Contact and local routes
Contact UrologyReferral mailbox, wards, SDEC, theatres and local teamAcceptance and transfersAdult, paediatric and inter-site routesUrgent supportInterventional radiology, critical care and out-of-hours escalation