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

ACEP Now

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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Sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape by colleagues in the surgical workforce, and how women and men are living different realities: observational study using NHS population-derived weights

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

This disturbing study out of the UK details the prevelance of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape within the hospital environment. Click to view the rest

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Traumatic injuries associated with sexual assault

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

A retrospective review of patients over age 13 presenting to one urban level one trauma center and one urban community hospital looked at traumat. Click to view the rest

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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. Case Resolution You place a call to your on-call hospital lawyer.

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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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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

All hospitals will have different makeups of trauma teams and possibly different levels of activation) Do I need any additional expertise outside of who would typically be in the trauma team? Since 2022, NFS has become a specific crime in its own right, separate from assault. Non-fatal strangulation: in physical and sexual assault.

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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.