Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault

Linda Ledray is the founder and director of the Minneapolis-based Sexual Assault Resource Service (SARS), one of the first SANE programs, which she developed in 1977. SARS provides competent forensic-medical services to sexual assault survivors at seven hospital sites in Hennepin County, MN. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota where she has taught in the School of Nursing and the Psychology Department. She has been active in humanitarian relief missions to Honduras, Thailand, and Bosnia and she has taught nationally and internationally on the topic of victim assistance, SANE-SART program development, and program evaluation. Linda Ledray was on active duty mobilized at the 2nd General Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. She is the section editor for the Journal of Emergency Nursing, SANE section and has published many articles and books including Recovering from Rape (1994) and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Development and Operation Guide (1999). Ann Burgess is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse. She has received several honors for her work including the Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award and the American Nurses’ Association Hildegard Peplau Award. She co-founded one of the first hospital-based crisis counseling programs at Boston City Hospital. She has worked with the FBI Academy special agents to study serial offenders and the links between child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and subsequent perpetration. Her recent research includes studies in elder abuse in nursing homes, cyberstalking, and Internet sex crimes. She is currently a professor at the Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing and teaches courses in victimology, forensic science, forensic mental health, case studies in forensics, and forensic science labs.

1. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Sexual Assault Response Team Overview and History
2. Basic Anogenital and Oral Anatomy
3. Body Injury and Dynamics of Sexual Assault
4. The Sexual Assault Exam Components and Documentation
5. Biological Evidence: Identification, Collection, Preservation, and Use in Courtroom Testimony
6. Postassault Prophylaxis
7. Male Sexual Assault Victims
8. Suspect Forensic Examinations
9. Victim Impact and Recovery
10. The Neurobiology of Traumatic Stress Responses After Sexual Assault
11. Education and Qualifications of the Forensic Nurse
in Sexual Assault Evaluation
12. Sexual Assault Response Team Operation
13. Sexual Assault Response in the Military
14. Campus Sexual Assault
15. Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
16. Domestic Violence and Partner Rape
17. Human Trafficking
18. Elder Sexual Abuse
19. Sexual Homicide
20. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs
21. Nonfatal Strangulation