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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

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How common do you think domestic violence is in adolescent relationships, and is this injury mechanism significant? Since 2022, NFS has become a specific crime in its own right, separate from assault. Non-fatal strangulation: in physical and sexual assault. Don’t Forget the Bubbles, 2021.

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Case Report: Intimate Partner Sexual Assault?

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Case A 24-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) claiming to be sexually assaulted by her friend-with-benefits sexual partner. She wants to file a police report and have a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) exam performed. References National Domestic Violence Hotline. Stealthing.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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These patients suffer from untreated physical injuries, including gunshot wounds, shrapnel, accidents, envenomations, sequelae of physical or sexual assault, and heat exhaustion/heat stroke. 2021-0784 Long B, MacDonald A, Liang SY, et al. Published online July 1, 2021. Viral hemorrhagic fevers and their regions in Africa.