GUIDELINES FOR THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN TREATING THE ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT PATIENT

• NCJ Number: 36186
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 35 pages
• Corporate Author: Los Angeles Cty; Hospital Council of Southern California
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AREAS COVERED INCLUDE THE ROLES OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF, AND THE HANDLING OF THE PATIENT BEFORE HE OR SHE IS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN.

Abstract

ALSO CONSIDERED ARE SUGGESTED MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT PROCEDURES INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF POTENTIAL EVIDENCE, CRISIS INTERVENTION SOCIAL SERVICES AND FOLLOW-UP COUNSELING, INTERVIEW PROCEDURES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, AND PATIENT HANDLING AT DISCHARGE. APPENDED MATERIALS INCLUDE A SPECIALIZED GLOSSARY OF TERMS, SAMPLE CRITERIA FOR THE EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS, A SAMPLE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RECORD FORM FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND A ONE-PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY.