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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. What do you do?

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BCE 82 Perimortem C-section – The Resuscitative Hysterotomy

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this EM Cases Best Case Ever podcast, Dr. Kari Sampsel, Emergency Physician at Ottawa Hospital and Assistant Professor at University of Ottawa, Medical Director of Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program guides us through an example of a perimortem C-section - a resuscitative hysterotomy at Janus General.

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ACEP Board Meeting Tackles Current Issues, Practice Trends

ACEP Now

The inaugural ACEP Accelerate conference – which combined the ED Director’s Academy, the Advanced Pediatrics EM Assembly, Reimbursement & Coding, and Teaching Fellowship—took place in Arlington, TX in March 2023. Open applications will be coming soon, but you can find out more and get on the interest list today at acep.org/EDap.

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EQUAL: a Straightforward Approach To Caring for Disabled Patients

ACEP Now

2 For example, patients that live with disabilities are twice as likely to report sexual assault compared to those without a disability. EM Resident. Krahn, et al., highlight some discrepancies in experiences that may result in ED visits. 2 They are one and a half times more likely to be a victim of a nonviolent crime.

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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

work is available in flight nursing, either helicopter EMS or long-distance repatriation flights; remote worksites, critical-care transports. Those who are also trained in forensic work can work with sexual-assault cases, law enforcement, or death scene investigation and survivor counselling.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

These patients suffer from untreated physical injuries, including gunshot wounds, shrapnel, accidents, envenomations, sequelae of physical or sexual assault, and heat exhaustion/heat stroke. Viral hemorrhagic fevers and their regions in Africa. 87 The majority of the injuries seen in the ED are associated with violent conflicts.