Urethral trauma · Decision · D62

Blood at the meatus

Allow about two minutes for two rounds. This scenario is teaching content; the score supports revision and does not assess clinical competence.

Urethral traumaDecision · Advanced

The scenario

  • A man with a pelvic fracture after a road traffic collision.
  • The trauma team asks for a catheter.
What you see
  • Blood at the meatus.
  • A high-riding, boggy prostate on examination is reported.
Urethral trauma: the posterior urethra and the bladder after pelvic fracture
Urethral trauma: the posterior urethra and the bladder after pelvic fracture
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Teaching only · not for diagnosis or treatment decisions