Domestic & Family Violence Assessment: Ch. 7

Question 1

Standard question asked to assess IPV

Answer 1

“Do you feel safe at home?”

Question 2

EASI
who is it used for
where is it used

Answer 2

Elder abuse questionnaire, used in primary care

Question 3

what to look for in a HTTA Physical Exam for IPV

Answer 3

HTTA

• clear demarcation (eg: glove burn)
• Brusing that looks like the shape of something
• bruising in weird places (eg: not the hands, knees, elbows as these can be due to a fall playing)
• damage to the abdomen or bottocks
• pressure ulcers (elder abuse)

Question 4

Signs of infant abuse

toddler abuse

Answer 4

Infant:
typically are not cruising until about 9mo. parental reports of “walking and falling” are suspicious.

Toddler:
no separation anxiety
Avoids eye contact

Clear demarcation burns or bruising
Bruising around the abdomen or buttock

Question 5

STaT

what does it stand for

Answer 5

Slapped you
Threatened you
and
Thrown, broken, or punched things

Question 6

what are the Bruising (contusion) stages (color and timeline)

Answer 6

• new bruise: red
• 12 to 36: purple or purple-blue
• progress: to bluish-green to greenish-brown to brownish-yellow
• before fading away

The color of bruises is the same on all people, but skin color may increase or decrease visibility of bruises.

Question 7

What substances can cause easy bruising in older adults?

Answer 7

ginger
garlic
blood thinners
platelet altering agents

Question 8

Abrasion

Answer 8

A wound caused by rubbing the skin or mucous membrane

Question 9

Avulsion

Answer 9

The tearing away of a structure or part.

Question 10

Incision

Answer 10

A cut or wound made by a sharp instrument; the act of cutting.

Question 11

Hematoma

Answer 11

A localized collection of extravasated blood, usually clotted in an organ, space, or tissue.

Question 12

Hemorrhage

Answer 12

The escape of blood from a ruptured vessel, which can be external, internal, and/or into the skin or other organ.

Question 13

Laceration

Answer 13

The act of tearing or splitting; a wound produced by the tearing and/or splitting of body tissue, usually from blunt impact over a bony surface.

Question 14

Lesion

Answer 14

A broad term referring to any pathologic or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of function of a part.

Question 15

Traumatic alopecia

Answer 15

Loss of hair from pulling and yanking or by other traumatic means.

Question 16

The Danger Assessment
who is it used for
how is it used

Answer 16

Begins with a calendar so that women can see for themselves how frequent and severe the violence has become over the past year.

Then a series of 20 yes/no items. Although there are no predetermined cutoff scores on the DA, the more “yes” answers there are, the more serious the danger of the woman’s situation.