The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

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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Emergency Department Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Forensics 40

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 10, 2024

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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Forensics Domestic Violence Burns Pediatrics 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

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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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 3, 2023

This time we have our first group of colleagues from Birmingham Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. Family stress levels grew due to parental depression, unemployment, domestic violence, and increased alcohol consumption. With millions of journal articles published yearly, it is impossible to keep up.

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Emergency Department Hospitals Domestic Violence Pediatrics 105

ACEP Now

APRIL 5, 2024

One 2009 study of four tertiary hospitals found that emergency physicians often misdiagnosed this presentation in pregnant women as “panic attack, domestic violence, or gastroenteritis.” Even relatively small amounts of anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies can lead to TTP. Stella CL, Dacus J, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 13, 2024

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. References National Domestic Violence Hotline. Stealthing. NDVH website. link] Accessed December 13, 2023.

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Sexual Assault Forensics Domestic Violence CDC 52

Taming the SRU

JULY 24, 2024

A study that began in 2010 and is currently ongoing has found that approximately 25% of women experience some sort of physical or sexual violence or stalking by a partner in their lifetimes. Included 10 academic hospitals. Randomized controlled trial with 861 patients from March 1996 - March 1999.

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