Management of Sexual Abuse Patients in Resource-Limited Settings: PEMP: IRrL*

What do you do if you work in a resource-limited setting and do not have a SAFE team or SANE on call? Many rural hospitals lack dedicated resources to care for pediatric and adult sexual abuse patients, and most emergency physicians have limited training and confidence in performing a sexual abuse forensic examination. Ashley K. Weisman, MD, attending emergency physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington, VT) and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont practices and teaches Rural Emergency Medicine, with planning, training, innovation, practice, and teamwork at the center. Dr. Weisman has created resources for emergency clinicians, IRrL* (In Rural Life*) that EB Medicine is proud to share with subscribers.

Resources for emergency clinicians managing sexual abuse patients in resource-limited settings include:

Management of Sexual Abuse in Resource-Limited Setting