Referral to Emergency Department
If any of the following are present or suspected, please refer the patient to the emergency department (via ambulance if necessary) or seek emergency medical advice if in a remote region:
- Airway compromise - Stridor/drooling breathing difficulty/acute or sudden voice change/severe odynophagia
- Acute hoarseness associated with neck trauma or surgery
- Post-operative neck or upper airway complications
- Sudden increase in size or pain of known thyroid nodule/cyst
Immediately contact on-call registrar or service to arrange an immediate ENT assessment (seen within 7 days) for:
To contact the relevant service, please see HealthPathways: Acute ENT Assessment