The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) fosters and promotes the highest standards of patient care by providing continuing medical education, legislative advocacy and practice management resources. ACEP represents more than 22,000 members and is the oldest and largest emergency medicine specialty organization. Click here to download the policy paper The Evaluation and Management of the Sexually Assaulted or Sexually Abused Patient .

For position statements on forensic evidence collection, care of domestic violence and sexual assault victims, and emergency nursing practice.

This website provides excellent information on the cross over between domestic violence and sexual assault.

The official website of the International Association of Forensic Nursing provides the most up to date listing of events, conferences, current events and news items related to forensic nursing.  Look here for information on membership.

This website is designed for nursing professionals involved in providing evaluations of sexually abused victims, and includes information on SANE program development, publications, and other useful resources and links.

This website provides a complete downloadable version of the guidelines for the treatment of patients who have sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that have been developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The information in this report updates the 1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

The Colorado Forensic Evidence Collection Protocol is available for distribution to member programs, Colorado SANE programs, and law enforcement agencies.

The protocol outlines recommendations for healthcare, legal, law enforcement, advocacy and forensic science professionals on the identification, collection and preservation of physical evidence and minimization of physical and psychological trauma to adult and child survivors of sexual assault.

The Community Development Resource Manual for Colorado SANE Programs is available to member programs, Colorado SANE programs, and other professionals involved in providing services for sexual assault victims.

This manual is a resource guide for Colorado communities interested in establishing a SANE program or for the improvement and maintenance of established SANE programs.  The purpose of this guide is to provide communities with an effective and usable blueprint of the appropriate process for the development of a Colorado SANE program, as well as an overall description of how a SANE program functions collaboratively within a community.