Did You Ask About Intimate Partner Violence? (Plenary III)

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

8:00am – 8:45am ET

Location: Versailles - 2nd Level

CE: 0.75 CME Credit

Speaker(s)

Joelle C. Borhart, MD, FAAEM (she/her/hers)

Program Director, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
MedStar Health - Georgetown University
McLean, Virginia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Session Moderator(s)

Zachary Repanshek, MD

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Julie T. Vieth, MD FAAEM FACEP

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Vermont
Shelburne, Vermont

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Joelle C. Borhart, MD, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Intimate partner violence (IPV) continues to be a public health emergency. Many people affected by IPV present to the ED, and tragically, many continue to be hurt or even murdered by their abuser after discharge. Learn how to recognize IPV, how to ask delicate or uncomfortable questions, and also how to use the Danger Assessment Tool to identify patients at high risk for IPV homicide.

Learning Objectives:

Identify patients affected by IPV
Begin the conversation, ask delicate or uncomfortable questions
Use the Danger Assessment Tool to identify patients in highly lethal situations and at high risk for homicide