ACEP Now

MARCH 10, 2025

You work as the medical director at a suburban, community emergency department (ED). Discussion SANE programs started in the early 1970s to provide medical forensic examinations to patients after sexual assault. References International Association of Forensic Nurses. As expected, you have several questions.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

CASE A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with left arm pain from a chronic wound. Since 2020 to 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration has reported a sharp rise in xylazine use across the U.S., Opioid overdoses involving xylazine in emergency department patients: a multicenter study.

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ALiEM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Food and Drug Administration for veterinary use, specifically for its muscle relaxant, sedative, and analgesic effects [1]. Consider xylazine co-intoxication if a patient presenting with an opioid toxidrome has persistent sedation despite escalating naloxone administration. Forensic Sci Int. Published May 2023. 2014;240:1-8.

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ACEP Now

DECEMBER 7, 2024

A 28-year-old female is brought to the emergency department (ED) by police after a sexual assault. Stress to the patient that they can refuse any or all parts of the medical forensic examination. Dr. Rozzi is an emergency physician, director of the Forensic Examiner Team at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pa.,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 3, 2025

This systematic review examined 15 observational studies from around the world, exploring the relationship between increasing air pollution levels and the rate of hospitalisations and emergency department visits for respiratory illnesses in children. Among pollutants, PM2.5 was the most extensively studied in 14 of the 15 papers.

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