SANE Simulation Training dates

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Cost: $500 per participant for two-day training, including materials (limit 14 participants per training date).

Payment: You may pay via credit card or invoice.

Contact: jbeigie@metrohealth.org

The SANE Program

The goal of the SANE program is to provide free coordinated, timely, comprehensive and compassionate care to pediatric and adult victims of sexual assault 24 hours a day. If a patient desires, an advocate from the Cleveland Rape Crisis center will be contacted.

MetroHealth is an IAFN-approved clinical training site. We utilize Gynecological Teaching Associates (GTAs) - live models - as patients to provide an authentic training experience.

Overview

This live training activity is a provider-directed, provider-paced activity. The activity is designed to promote the provider’s professional performance in the role as an adult/adolescent Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) or Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE).

Purpose

The purpose of the educational activity is to prepare the didactically trained SAFE/SANE for clinical aspects of the adult/adolescent sexual assault medical-forensic examination regardless of the provider’s practice setting.

SANE Curriculum

  • Differentiate specific structures of the female genital anatomy
  • Describe the mechanism of action of toluidine blue dye application
  • Identify the appropriate location for toluidine blue dye application
  • Demonstrate proper application of 1% toluidine blue dye
  • Demonstrate proper removal of 1% toluidine blue dye
  • Demonstrate the proper use of a catheter for hymen visualization
  • Demonstrate speculum insertion technique
  • Manipulate the speculum to visualize the cervix
  • Describe speculum removal technique
  • Demonstrate performance of the speculum examination
  • Identify the proper medium for culture collection
  • Identify the clinical components of clinical photography
  • Demonstrate the effective use of camera to document findings
  • Identify the key components of effective history taking
  • Demonstrate effective history taking skills
  • Identify the key components of the physical exam
  • Demonstrate the complete head to toe assessment
  • Prepare the adolescent/adult for the anogenital exam
  • Identify the rationale behind collection of specific evidentiary specimens
  • Demonstrate proper body orifice and surface collection of evidence
  • Demonstrate proper material evidence collection
  • Demonstrate proper packaging of evidentiary materials
  • Demonstrate proper sealing of evidentiary materials
  • Demonstrate proper maintenance of chain of custody of evidentiary materials
  • Formulate a sexual assault-specific plan of care based on the overall assessment and diagnosis
  • Verbalize and defend the plan of care based on overall assessment and diagnosis
  • Explain the care options to the simulated patient


This offering has been approved for 16.0 nursing continuing education contact hours. The International Association of Forensic Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.