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

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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. Discussion SANE programs started in the early 1970s to provide medical forensic examinations to patients after sexual assault.

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Forensic Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Accidents

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However, many hospitals include these labs within their trauma protocols. Dr. Rozzi is an emergency physician, director of the Forensic Examiner Team at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, and chair of the Forensic Section of ACEP. Manual of Forensic Emergency Medicine: A Guide for Clinicians.

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2023 update to Surviving Sedation guidelines : the risk of thrombosis

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Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com This recent Northern Territory coroners inquest report into the death of a young woman from a pulmonary embolism during hospital care for acute mental health condition highlights the risks of sedation and restraint.

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Dr. Elsburgh Clarke Was Among First to Specialize in Emergency Medicine

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1 Just one year prior, Dr. Clarke had begun an emergency medicine residency at what was then known as LA CountyUSC Hospital, Los Angeles. Firsthand Account An ambulance bay at the LA County-USC Hospital in 1978. Dr. Clarke was then hired as assistant director in the emergency department (ED) at Pomona Valley Hospital, Pomona, Calif.

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Methanol poisoning

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Patients who are already unconscious when they arrive at hospital are at significantly greater risk of death. International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine. International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine. Severe acidosis (pH <7.0) They need urgent and aggressive management. 2024;14(4).

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How EM Physicians Should Manage Their Legal and Medical Duties

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The key to answering this question, no matter where you are, is to engage your hospital attorney or risk manager. First, the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 42 USC.A § 3796gg-4(d)(1) (2005), allows for sexual assault survivors to undergo medical forensic examination without reporting to law enforcement and at no cost to them.

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Xylazine: “Zombie Drug” is an Emerging Threat

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Her last hospitalization was one month ago for a similar wound, at which time she received intravenous antibiotics and was subsequently discharged. Many of these infections require hospitalization with intravenous antibiotics and surgical debridement. Forensic Sci Int. 10 The wounds are purulent and often polymicrobial.