Sexual assault

Background

• Male victim in 10% of cases
• Toluidine blue: detects vulvar tears
• Wood's lamp: detects semen stains

Risks

• Pregnancy
  • Without contraception 1-5%
  • If mid-cycle (days 14-16) risk is higher
• STD (5-10%)
• HIV
  • Consensual vaginal intercourse 0.1-0.2%
  • Receptive anal intercourse 0.5-3%

Workup

General

• Check life threats
• Don’t change, shower, etc. pt
• Defer GU examination
• Consent obtained
• Contact SANE (sexual assault nurse examiner) and Local Police (if report not already filed)

Labs

• Pregnancy test
• Consider Plan B
• Td
• Hepatitis B PEP for non-vaccinated
  • Hepatitis B immunoglobulin and/or vaccine
• Labs
  • Rapid HIV, hep pannel, RPR?
• Consider HIV PEP
  • Basic labs, LFTs, if considering HIV PEP
• PD notification

^Currently no PEP for Hep C

Management

• Consider emergency contraception if possibility of pregnancy
• Consider HIV post-exposure prophylaxis

Hepatitis B

• Vaccine 1.0mL IM now, 1-2 months and in 4-6months if pt unimmunized
• Immune Globulin for high-risk exposure (IV drug user or multiple assailants)

Other STDs

• GC
  • Ceftriaxone 125mg IM or Cipro 500mg po x1 or Ofloxacin 400mg po x1
• Chlam
  • Azithromycin 1g PO x1 or Doxycyclin 100mg po bid x7d
• Trich
  • Metronidazole 2g PO x1 or 500mg po bid x 7d
• Syphilis
  • Pen G benzathine 2.4million U IM x1

See Also

• HIV post-exposure prophylaxis
• Abuse (Nonaccidental Trauma)

Source

• CDC 2006 guidelines