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OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 

1. Discuss the epidemiology of domestic violence and relationship to providing care for traumatically injured and critically ill patients.

2. Identify physiology, physical findings and associated risk factors specific for the recognition and treatment of potential strangulation injuries.

3. Describe how strangulation-specific medical knowledge impacts patient evaluation and treatment strategies.

4. Discuss integrating medical knowledge & advocacy for best patient outcomes.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Jodi Wieters, MD does not have a relevant financial interest or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE:  Michael Foreman, MD does not have a relevant financial interest or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

Baylor Scott & White Health System is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.  

For assistance please contact: Karen Mynar at [email protected]