Non-acute skull fracture/ non-acute traumatic brain injury
Adult

Neurosurgery

Useful Management Information

  • Ensure patient provides accurate history of the timing of the trauma and any history of blood disorders or blood thinners.
  • Clinical urgency is the dominant consideration in the prioritisation of a referral for a child currently in out of home care (OOHC), or at risk of entering or leaving OOHC.

Clinician Resources

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • Skull fracture
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Ongoing CSF leak post trauma
  • CT proven contusions
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • Post trauma requirement for cranioplasty
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • No category 3 criteria
  • If the patient does not meet the criteria for referral but the referring practitioner believes the patient requires specialist review, a clinical override may be requested:
    • Please explain why (e.g. warning signs or symptoms, clinical modifiers, uncertain about diagnosis, etc.)
  • Please note that your referral may not be accepted or may be redirected to another service.

Essential Referral Information

  • CT results
  • Mechanism of injury
  • Neurological deficits

Additional Referral Information

  • Co-morbidities e.g. patient taking anti-platelets or anti coagulants
Last updated 19 December 2022

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Internal Referrals

Neurosurgery (E-Blueslips)

Fax

(07) 5687 4497

Post

Booking and Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

1300 559 083

Related HealthPathways

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Service Availability

Dr Teresa Withers
Medical Director Neurosurgery

Facilities

Gold Coast University Hospital

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