November 2019

This resource was created by the American College of Surgeons and made available by EVAWI

 

“This guideline seeks to help the trauma practitioner identify victims of abuse that present with physical injury and to initiate treatment and reporting. While this Best Practices Guideline (BPG) is not intended to focus on the victims of neglect or psychological abuse, the included screening tools may reveal these conditions in patients being treated in the trauma center.”

View this document here (130 page PDF)