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Domestic Violence

Domestic violence (DV) is a patient health issue overlapping with numerous aspects of emergency medicine, including emergency medical services, injury prevention, trauma and research. ECU Emergency Medicine's commitment to addressing domestic violence is evidenced by its involvement in numerous areas. These include:

• Domestic violence protocol development (county, state, and national.)
  
• Education of health care and other medical center staff, including medical students, residents and medical staff physicians, nurses, EMS providers, physicians' assistants, social workers and hospital chaplains.
  
• Educational outreach throughout the state of North Carolina. Counties include Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Lenoir, Greene, Onslow, Wake, Orange, Durham, Johnston, Guilford, Forsythe, and Haywood as well as Pitt County.
• Medical direction of the Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) program.
• Extensive community, state and national involvement in DV education and issues, including representation on the ACEP Public Health Committee, the SAEM Domestic Violence Task Force, the American Medical Women's Assn. Violence Against Women Task Force, the North Carolina Domestic Violence Commission, the North Carolina Public Health Alliance to Prevent Violence Against Women, the North Carolina Medical Society Patient and Family Health Committee, the Pitt county Domestic Violence Network, and the Pitt County Sexual Assault Response Team.
• Collaboration and consultation with other organizations addressing domestic violence, including Polaroid Corporation and the Family Violence Prevention Fund.
• Research addressing domestic violence issues including public and health care attitudes and education regarding domestic violence, strangulation injuries, and the association between family violence and animal abuse.

American College of Emergency Medicine (ACEP) - ACEP encourages patient screening for domestic violence and appropriate referral for patients who indicate domestic violence may be a problem in their lives.  The domestic violence resource page includes policies, articles, and educational resources.

American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) - The Domestic Violence education course has been developed by AMWA based on the manuals of the Family Violence Prevention Fund.  The course director is Marjorie Braude, M.D., co-director is Peggy Goodman, M.D., with Carole Warshaw, M.D., as consultant.  This program is designed for physicians, residents in all specialities, medical students, and other health care professionals.

Physicians for a Violence-Free Society (PVS) - a national nonprofit organization of physicians, other members of the healthcare community, and concerned citizens who are committed to reducing violence in the United States.  This web site includes educational resources, links to other sites, and information about conference and training opportunities.

Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) - FVPF works with judges, police officers and healthcare providers across the country to educate them about how to identify and help victims of abuse and their children.  They have developed a multi-faceted public education campaign to raise awareness about the problem and let people know what they can do to get involved in their communities.