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The Medical Director’s Role in Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs

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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. For pediatric programs, it is preferred that the medical director be trained as a child abuse pediatrician.

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When the Patient History Does Not Fit

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Emergency department (ED) visits for pediatric injuries are common, and millions of children are seen each year. Case Resolution Given the location of the burn, pediatric burn surgery was consulted. The child was discharged with a bacitracin dressing, oral pain medications, and followup in the pediatric burn clinic.

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Ballistic Follies

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

In short, describe the simple appearance of wounds and findings, and the body’s response, without any forensic conclusions. Ballistic injuries in the emergency department. Emergency medicine practice, 13(12), 1-30. Avoid using wounding holes in clothing or tissue as the start of cutting with shears or incising tissue.

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Tips for Diagnosing Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another

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A 9-month-old male presents to emergency department (ED) with his mother for seizure. The child was diagnosed with seizure disorder at 2 months of age and has had multiple visits to the emergency department (ED) for seizures. Pediatric Emergency Care. Immunizations are up to date. CNS Spectr. Gillette H.

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Xylazine: “Zombie Drug” is an Emerging Threat

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CASE A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with left arm pain from a chronic wound. Opioid overdoses involving xylazine in emergency department patients: a multicenter study. US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration. Forensic Sci Int. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Nurses'; L&D Nurses, Pediatric Nurses. To me, in whatever aspect of our specialty I work, I am an Emergency Nurse. Those who are also trained in forensic work can work with sexual-assault cases, law enforcement, or death scene investigation and survivor counselling. In short, Emergency is a mission — not a place.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Act V, scene I [Text from Folger Shakespeare Library] [Audio recording of Dramatic Reading; Chapter Vox] [Video recording of Act V, scene1] Most deaths that are brought to, or occur in, an emergency department will require, at least, discussion with the local Coroner or Medical Examiner. Department of the Medical Examiner-Coroner.