In rural Wisconsin, access to specially trained forensic nurses can be limited. Aspirus Health forensic nurses coordinate a ...

Many years ago, I studied the OODA Loop, which stands for Observe, Orient, Decide and Act. The OODA Loop is a continuous decision-making model to make rapid, effective decisions in chaotic ...

Medical personnel conduct forensic exams on survivors of sexual assault in order to preserve evidence. New cameras used by emergency rooms in Ohio hospitals could help make the process more conclusive ...

Rural survivors of sexual assault face the largest barriers to entry when looking for health care and emotional support, the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence said Thursday. The ...

As a resident, David Yang took care of numerous survivors of sexual assault in the emergency department (ED). Often, he would notice that these individuals had difficulty accessing advocates who could ...

Survivors shouldn’t be asked to have the courage to make that decision twice in one day.” That’s what an advocate said of ...

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' (DHSS) Office on Women’s Health launched the Sexual Assault Forensic Exams via Telehealth Network (SAFEvT) on July 1, 2025. Right now ...

When a survivor of sexual assault seeks help at a hospital, every minute counts — for both healing and justice. Yet, out of 48 hospital emergency departments in Maryland, only half have forensic ...

A Nashville, Tenn.-based clinic providing sexual assault victims with specialized medical attention outside of the hospital setting is slated to begin seeing patients by the end of June. The facility, ...

Without additional financial support, up to four programs face potential closure, beginning as soon as May 31.

The statewide network will provide an on-call certified nurse examiner to support workers at other hospitals through videoconferencing during sexual assault forensic exams. Survivors of sexual assault ...

State officials unveiled an electronic tracking system on Wednesday that will enable victims of sexual assault to follow the evidence collected by law enforcement agencies needed to prosecute their ...