Manual Nonfatal Strangulation Assessment for Health Care Providers and First Responders will teach beginning first responders, SANE/SAFE practitioners, medical residents and nursing students the language of evidence-based evaluative methods of care for strangulation patients.

138 pages, 112 images, 19 contributorsManual Nonfatal Strangulation Assessment for Health Care Providers and First Responders is designed to standardize anatomic nomenclature, as it relates to the head and neck, for both new and experienced sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) and sexual assault forensic examiners (SAFEs), first responders, medical residents and physicians, nursing students, and nurse practitioners, including nurse midwives, women’s health nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, and forensic nurse practitioners. It will present peer-reviewed strangulation case studies with a clear history, photographic representation and confirmation of anatomical landmarks and injuries, discussions about existing conditions and their influence, identification of injury, evidence-based collection techniques, and treatment based on current standards of practice. Offering this workbook to first responders and health care providers will help fulfill their need for basic, peer-reviewed information and will contribute to continuing competence in care for strangulation patients.

Section I: Strangulation AssessmentSection II: Case Study ChaptersChapter 1: 26-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by a Former Intimate PartnerChapter 2: 30-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by an Intimate PartnerChapter 3: 26-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by a Former Intimate PartnerChapter 4: 14-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by an Intimate PartnerChapter 5: 43-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by a Former Intimate PartnerChapter 6: 27-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by an Intimate PartnerChapter 7: 12-year-old Male Patient Assaulted by His GuardianChapter 8: 17-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by an AquaintanceChapter 9: 37-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by an Intimate PartnerChapter 10: 31-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by a Former Intimate PartnerChapter 11: 22-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by an Intimate PartnerChapter 12: 15-year-old Female Patient Assaulted by a StrangerChapter 13: 21-year-old Male Patient Assaulted by an AquaintanceSection III: AppendixSection IV: Reccommended ReadingSection V: Answer KeySection VI: Self-Assessment Questions