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

ACEP Now

You work as the medical director at a suburban, community emergency department (ED). At your monthly meeting with the chief medical officer (CMO) and chief nursing officer (CNO), they inform you of the hospitals plan to start a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. As expected, you have several questions.

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How EM Physicians Should Manage Their Legal and Medical Duties

ACEP Now

A 16-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) after being sexually assaulted by two males at a party at her friend’s house. The key to answering this question, no matter where you are, is to engage your hospital attorney or risk manager. Mandatory reporting and adolescent sexual assault.

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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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SGEM#226: I Want A New Drug – One that Doesn’t Cause an Adverse Drug Event

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Prospective Validation of Clinical Criteria to Identify Emergency Department Patients at High Risk for Adverse Drug Events. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency physician and clinical lecturer at the University of Calgary. [display_podcast] Date: August 16th, 2018 Reference: Hohl C et al. AEM Aug 2018. AEM Aug 2018.

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Restoring Physician-Patient Trust

American Medical Compliance

Sixty percent of nurses report being victims of sexual assault and less than half of emergency department doctors have been victims of physical violence. It would also make violence against hospital employees a crime. Acts of workplace violence against healthcare workers are nearly as common.

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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It ' s EMERGENCY Nurse to you! In hospitals, the work role or function of nurses and other staff is usually (and traditionally) defined by place, e.g. : O.R.; It might be in a resuscitation room, the waiting room or rest room, the hospital lobby, or even the parking structure, perhaps even on the way home.

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SGEM#248: She Works Hard for the Money – Time’s Up in Healthcare

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The clock has run out on sexual assault, harassment and inequity in the healthcare workplace. Financial Times March 2019 * Time’s Up Takes on Sexual Abuse and Discrimination in Healthcare. This SGEMHOP was recorded on International Women’s Day. It was the SGEM’s part in the Time’s Up in Healthcare initiative.