Sexual Crime/Health

Question 1

What does examination of the individual following a sexual offence involve?

Answer 1

• Establish whether clinical findings support history of incident
• Identify clinical evidence
• Collect physical evidence
• Prophylaxis for pregnancy and STI
• Treat new/pre-exisiting conditions exacerbated by the incident
• Psychiatric support
• Chaperone presence
• Documentation and recording

Question 2

What is swabbed for in an examination of the individual following a sexual offence involve

Answer 2

Saliva
DNA
Semen
Blood
Fingernail swabs
Sexual swabs

Samples for toxicology

Question 3

In what situations may you disclose information to a person who has had contact with a patient who has a serious communicable disease?

Answer 3

If you have reason to think

• The person is at risk of infection that is likely to result in serious harm
• The patient has not informed them and cannot be persuaded to do so

Question 4

What medications are used in medical abortion?

Answer 4

Mifepristone (Anti progesterone)

Misoprostol (Prostaglandin analogues)

Question 5

In what situations is abortion legal?

Answer 5

If the pregnancy is

• Under 24 weeks
• Would involve risk of physical/mental injury to the pregnant woman/existing children

Outside of 24 weeks if grave risk of injury/loss of life/deformity of the fetus