Non-Fatal Strangulation (National Course)

Family violence, including intimate partner violence, is affecting the health of many people in New Zealand. The quality of information within a significant number of medicolegal reports prepared by doctors working in this area of healthcare demonstrates a lack of training in this assessment. There is a need to educate doctors who perform forensic assessments in regard to the particular symptoms & signs which might be found in the situation of alleged (non-fatal) strangulation

Purpose

  • Raise awareness of Non-Fatal Strangulation (NFS)
  • To provide a standard approach to evaluation & management of patients who have been strangled and who are seen by clinicians in a sexual assault assessment and treatment service (SAATS) or by a police medical officer.
  • This can also be used by other health care staff such as ED / A & M clinic medical staff & GPs who may be asked to evaluate patients who have experienced NFS

Targeted Learners:

  • This course is specifically for all clinicians who work in DHB sexual assault assessment & treatment services (SAATS) and police medical officers who are required to assess patients who have experienced a non-fatal strangulation.

To access this course

Professional Development Hours: 1.5 hrs