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Faints, syncope and funny turns
Copied from the official Gold Coast Health condition page (27 Aug 2026). Hospital triage assigns the official category. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Faints, syncope and funny turns.
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Cat 1 · 30 days
appointment within 30 calendar days. - Children with funny turns where it appears most likely they are having atypical epileptic seizures
- Children with unexplained loss of consciousness
- A child:
- at risk of entering the child protection system (0-18 years of age)
- currently in out of home care (OOHC) (0 – 18 years of age), or
- Adolescents transitioning to adult healthcare following an out of home care experience (15 – 25 years of age)
- where they have previously been on a waiting list for this problem and were removed without receiving a service
Cat 2 · 90 days
appointment within 90 calendar days. - Children with probable breath-holding spells.
- Episodes most suggestive of benign events including: vaso-vagal, sleep related, behavioural or self-stimulatory
Cat 3 · 365 days
appointment within 365 calendar days. - Children referred for re-assessment of previously investigated events without significant change in description where parents are seeking further reassurance
Essential referral information
Referral will be returned without this. If a mandatory test cannot be obtained, say so in the referral.
- Description of event(s) including date of onset, nature of the events, duration and frequency
- Report presence or absence of concerning features
- Loss of consciousness
- Falls
- Injury
- Cyanosis or pallor
- Chest pain or palpitations
- Confirmation of out of home care (OOHC) (where appropriate)
Out of scope / wrong door
The following conditions are out of scope for this service:
- Patients 16 years and over should be referred to the appropriate Adult Outpatient service closest to home.
- Services that should be initially provided by primary care or community based allied health care for children, including well infant care and advice, parenting and behaviour management for young children, developmental services for children with mild developmental delay
- Educational assessment of school-age children
- Gold Coast University Hospital does not offer the following Paediatric specialty services.
- Referrals will be redirected to General Paediatrics for initial assessment, management and consideration of referral for tertiary care at Queensland Children’s Hospital:
- Immunology
- Renal Paediatrics
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics (RBWH)
Parent service: Paediatric Medicine (General Paediatrics)
Send outpatient referrals to
- Smart Referrals preferred (Best Practice or Medical Director)
- Medical Objects GQ42150009Z (lookup qh → QHEALTH, GOLD COAST HEALTH OUTPATIENT)
- HealthLink EDI Qldgchsd
- Fax (07) 5687 4497 — Booking and Referral Centre
- Post: Booking and Referral Centre, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport QLD 4215
- Clinic enquiries 1300 559 083
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