Julie Carriker
The University of Texas, USA
Title: The forensic nurse’s role in death investigation and sexual assault
Biography
Biography: Julie Carriker
Abstract
Forensic Nursing is an emergency specialty fi eld of practice and has become a growing profession. Nurses in this fi eld have unique and critical roles in the health care and judicial systems. Very few people realize the benefi ts that being a nurse off ers in this fi eld, which off ers a link between medicine and the law. Th is presentation will reveal how a nursing background assists in accurate and thorough death and sexual assault investigations. Forensic photography techniques performed by the nurse which will be reviewed, to include colposcopy techniques.In addition, unusual death investigation case studies will be covered, to include homicides, hangings, overdoses, suicide by cop, accidents and natural deaths. Sexual Assault case studies will also bereviewed, which will include normal vs. abnormal variants.