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Emergency Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents (Ethics CME)
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What is the difference between gender and sexual orientation?
What are some of the terms we may encounter (current or retired)?
How does a lack of knowledge/competency regarding care for transgender and gender diverse youth create barriers to effective care? Or does it negatively affect the quality of care these patients receive?
What is the best way to approach a transgender patient in the ED?
There are a number of ways transgender patient may alter their appearance. Why are these methods relevant (complications) and how do I ask about them?
Tucking
Packing
Binding
What medical gender-affirming therapies are currently available? And what complications can they cause?
Pubertal suppression
Feminizing or masculinizing hormones
Contraception
Is gender-affirming surgery used in this population? What types (chest, genital)?
STIs and Pregnancy
What are some of the problems for which transgender youth are at an increased risk?
Substance abuse
Suicide
Self harm
Anxiety
Depression
Eating disorders
Physicians and sexual violence
Family rejection
Homelessness
Food insecurity
Poverty
What are some helpful resources if I want to learn more?
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