Welcome back to EMin5! For this episode, Anna Pickens brings you post-exposure prophylaxis. Unfortunately, we often don’t give this all-too important topic enough attention.
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Managing Sexual Assault in the Emergency Department
This review will address patient stabilization, provide recommendations for obtaining a medical and assault history, and detail pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prophylaxis. An in-depth discussion of the forensic examination will be omitted, as requirements regarding healthcare provider training, tools contained within forensic collection kits, time allotted between alleged assault and court admissible evidence collection, and chain of custody legislation vary according to individual state law.
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