ED Case Files: Collaboration on Potential Child Abuse Cases
Tom Hellmich, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Rich Kaplan, MSW, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Medical Director: The Center for Safe & Healthy Children
F. Glen Seidel, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology and Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
September 16, 2009
Objectives:
The participant will be able to:
1. Know the common presentations of child abuse to an acute/emergent care setting
2. Understand the current knowledge of fractures commonly associated with child abuse
3. Understand the role of the multidisciplinary team in the diagnosis, management and follow-up of child abuse