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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.

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SGEM Xtra: How To Save A Life – Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED). 2022 Nov Guest Skeptics: Dr. Nour Khatib is an emergency physician in Toronto working in community sites Markham Stouffville Hospital and Lakeridge health. Intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Emergency Department (ED).

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Episode 27 - Emergency Department Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Pharmacology CME and Infectious Disease CME)

EB Medicine

Show Notes Jeff: Welcome back to EMplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. This month, we’re moving from the trauma bay back to a more private setting, to discuss Emergency Department Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

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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. Fifty-nine percent of doctors in the United States have been subjected to offensive comments about their identities.

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SGEM#226: I Want A New Drug – One that Doesn’t Cause an Adverse Drug Event

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Prospective Validation of Clinical Criteria to Identify Emergency Department Patients at High Risk for Adverse Drug Events. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency physician and clinical lecturer at the University of Calgary. [display_podcast] Date: August 16th, 2018 Reference: Hohl C et al. AEM Aug 2018. AEM Aug 2018.

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SGEM Xtra: Catch of the Day – CAEP19

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He is the current Director and Editor-in-Chief of the not-for-profit, international knowledge translation project, Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine ( BEEM ). Dr. Katrina Hurley is the Interim Chief of the IWK Emergency Department in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Gauri Ghate is an Emergency Physician in London, Ontario.

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It’s EMERGENCY Nurse to you!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Those who are also trained in forensic work can work with sexual-assault cases, law enforcement, or death scene investigation and survivor counselling. In short, Emergency is a mission — not a place. If I chose not to work primarily in an E.D., " (Bold added) About ENA.