Recorded: Thursday, July 26, 2012 

Sponsored by Emergency Medicine Reports, ED Management, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports, and Trauma Reports

Every ED and inpatient service must deal with domestic violence.  Affecting all age groups, abuse can be devastating to both the patient and the family.  Mandated reporting for professionals makes early identification and liberal referrals a critical aspect of every emergency medicine, in-hospital and ambulatory practice for any practicing clinician.  Failure to report may have significant consequences for the clinician, financial and criminal, and more importantly the patient.

Join us for this informative 90-minute webinar by the editor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports and recently released e-book Pediatric Trauma Care: A Clinical Reference for Physicians and Nurses in the ED, Dr. Ann Dietrich will review the critical aspects of recognizing domestic violence in all of its forms, screening questions, diagnostic evaluation, documentation and reporting requirements, and implications.    

Learning Objectives:

• Review common presentations, diagnostic evaluation and implications for children with possible abuse
• Discuss recognition and management of possible domestic violence in pregnant patients
• Provide information regarding geriatric abuse that the clinician may integrate into clinical practice

Target Audience:

• Emergency department managers
• Emergency medicine physicians
• Emergency department nurses
• OB managers and nurses
• Behavioral health directors and staff
• Psychiatrists
• Nurse supervisors
• Legal counsel
• Risk managers
• Chief nursing officers (CNO) 
• Consumer advocates
• Medical Staff Directors
• Hospital attorneys
• Nurse educators
• Nurse managers
• PAs
• Hospitalists
• Pediatricians
• Critical Care physicians and nurses
• Trauma nurses and physicians

Meet Your Expert:

Ann M. Dietrich, MD, is an attending physician in Emergency Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine. Dr. Dietrich’s major field of interest is pediatric head and cervical spine injuries and risk management. Dr. Dietrich is the Pediatric Medical Advisor for MedFlight, Medical Director for EMS at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Pediatric Medical Advisor to the OSU Center of EMS Excellence.

Participation:

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Accreditation Statement:

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation:

AHC Media designates this educational activity is for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Sponsor:

The sponsor of this educational activity is AHC Media.

Refund Policy:

If you are not able to attend for any reason, please notify us as soon as possible. Webinar cancellations received prior to the start time of the webinar are fully refundable. If you prefer, you may substitute an upcoming webinar for the one you originally registered for.