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SGEM Xtra: How To Save A Life – Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED). 2022 Nov Guest Skeptics: Dr. Nour Khatib is an emergency physician in Toronto working in community sites Markham Stouffville Hospital and Lakeridge health. Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED).

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When the Patient History Does Not Fit

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Dr. Rozzi is an emergency physician, medical director of the Forensic Examiner Team at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, and secretary of ACEP’s Forensic Section. 1,2 If there is a concern for NAT, a complete and thorough physical exam should be performed on the child.

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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

All hospitals will have different makeups of trauma teams and possibly different levels of activation) Do I need any additional expertise outside of who would typically be in the trauma team? How common do you think domestic violence is in adolescent relationships, and is this injury mechanism significant?

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Case Report: Intimate Partner Sexual Assault?

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If law enforcement authorization is required for medical forensic examination (MFE) to be performed or paid for, it most likely will be denied. Rozzi is an emergency physician, secretary of the Forensic Examiner Team at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, and chair of the Forensic Section of ACEP. Stealthing.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids. Undernourished children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study. 2017;3:17067.