A Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) is a nurse who has received special training to conduct sexual assault evidentiary exams for rape

Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...

 victims. Not all, but many SANE programs are coordinated by rape crisis centers

Rape Crisis Centers

Rape crisis centers , also called Sexual Assault Centers, are often community-based organizations affiliated with the anti-rape movement that work to help victims of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual violence. Central to a community’s rape response, RCCs provide a number of services, such as victim...

 rather than hospitals. SANEs are on call 24-hours a day and will arrive at the hospital emergency room within and hour of the rape victim’s arrival. In addition to the collection of forensic evidence

Forensic identification

Forensic identification is the application of forensic science, or "forensics", and technology to identify specific objects from the trace evidence they leave, often at a crime scene or the scene of an accident. Forensic means "for the courts"....

, they also provide crisis intervention counseling

Crisis intervention

Crisis Intervention can be defined as emergency psychological care aimed at assisting individuals in a crisis situation to restore equilibrium to their biopsychosocial functioning and to minimise the potential for psychological trauma...

, STI testing, drug testing if drug-facilitated rape is suspected, and emergency contraception

Emergency contraception

Emergency contraception , or emergency postcoital contraception, refers to birth control measures that, if taken after sexual intercourse, may prevent pregnancy.Forms of EC include:...

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