ACEP Now

AUGUST 15, 2023

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. Failure to follow these forensic compliance provisions of VAWA can result in loss of funding for your state. Mandatory reporting and adolescent sexual assault. What do you do?

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Sexual Assault Forensics EMS Risk Management 52

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 7, 2024

A 28-year-old female is brought to the emergency department (ED) by police after a sexual assault. The police officer is waiting for the sexual assault evidence kit. Stress to the patient that they can refuse any or all parts of the medical forensic examination. and chair of the Forensic Section of ACEP.

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Sexual Assault Forensics Emergency Department Best Practices 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 31, 2017

Those who are also trained in forensic work can work with sexual-assault cases, law enforcement, or death scene investigation and survivor counselling. If I chose not to work primarily in an E.D.,

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Emergency Nursing Sexual Assault Forensics Pediatrics 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Dr. Kari Sampsel is a staff Emergency Physician and Medical Director of the Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program at the Ottawa Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. Her unique work and life experiences have fueled her passion for leadership, patient education, and quality improvement.

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Emergency Department Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Forensics 40

ACEP Now

JANUARY 13, 2024

Case A 24-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) claiming to be sexually assaulted by her friend-with-benefits sexual partner. She wants to file a police report and have a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) exam performed. Afterward she is visibly upset, angry, and crying. percent versus 15.1

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Sexual Assault Forensics Domestic Violence CDC 52

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

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.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 57