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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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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

Information should be shared, ideally with the young persons consent, with social care and any other agencies (nationwide or local) that may be able to support, e.g. independent domestic violence advocate, victim support, and sexual assault referral entre. Non-fatal strangulation: in physical and sexual assault.

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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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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Nurses'; L&D Nurses, Pediatric Nurses. Those who are also trained in forensic work can work with sexual-assault cases, law enforcement, or death scene investigation and survivor counselling. .; Post-Anesthesia Care Unit; Delivery Room; Medical-Surgical Ward Nurse. Job ads will ask for 'O.R. When those ads ask for 'E.R.

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SGEM Xtra: Catch of the Day – CAEP19

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She has an interest in the Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Program. Pediatrics Dec 2018 * Frey et al. JAMA Pediatrics Feb 2019 ( SGEM#242 ) * Akhlaghi et al. She enjoys supervising learners and mentoring junior faculty in their research. In her spare time, she embarks on outdoor adventures with her family.

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Choosing Wisely – Investigations for Paediatric Patients presenting with Psychiatric Symptoms

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The stepwise approach was guided by vital signs, presence of seizures or focal neurology, presence of trauma (including attempted hanging or cutting), overdoses and substance misuse, level of consciousness, medical complaints, history of alleged sexual assault/rape, and developmental delay. Hosp Pediatr. Pediatrics.