SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner)

30-minute research and evidence-based practice presentation

Concerning Trends of Strangulation in Victims of Sexual Assault: Retrospective Case Review (Code 9)

Primary Presenter(s)

• LM

  Leslie Miles, DNP, APRN-BC

  Associate Professor
  Brigham Young University
  Provo, Utah

Co-Presenter(s)

• JV

  Julie Valentine, PhD, RN, CNE, SANE-A

  Assistant Professor
  Brigham Young University
  Provo, Utah

Up your understanding of strangulation in sexual assault and the patient variables associated with increased risk.

Learning Outcome(s). Increased knowledge about:

• the prevalence and trending of strangulation in victims of sexual assault.
• significant variables related to strangulation in victims of sexual assault.
• forensic nursing sexual assault examination implications when patients report strangulation.