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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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Choosing Wisely – Investigations for Paediatric Patients presenting with Psychiatric Symptoms

Don't Forget the Bubbles

14-year-old Katy presents to the paediatric Emergency Department (ED), alone, complaining of suicidal ideation. A comparative analysis of pediatric mental health-related emergency department utilization in Montréal, Canada, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acad Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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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. Sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE nurses) are very familiar with the options available to patients regarding reporting to law enforcement and evidence collection.

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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. Fifty-nine percent of doctors in the United States have been subjected to offensive comments about their identities.

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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

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. If I chose not to work primarily in an E.D., " (Bold added) About ENA.