The Abuse Assessment (The Abuse Screen) protocol aims to detect abuse in pregnant women and refer them to a counselor, and also to increase documentation of abuse in medical records.

The Danger Assessment helps to determine the level of danger an abused woman has of being killed by her intimate partner. It is free and available to the public. Using the Danger Assessment requires the weighted scoring and interpretation that is provided after completing the training.

Total scores can be classified into four categories that reflect the risk of life-threatening violence: <7 = variable danger, 8 to 13 = increased danger, 14 to 17 = severe danger, and >18 = extreme danger.

Risk assessment is a term used to describe the overall process or method where you: Identify hazards and risk factors that have the potential to cause harm (hazard identification). Analyze and evaluate the risk associated with that hazard (risk analysis, and risk evaluation).

Included in the Danger Assessment is a calendar which is innovatively applied to aid in recall, identify old injuries that may have been inadequately treated, and identify patterns of increasing severity and/or frequency of abuse victims are often unaware of which indicate increased risk.

It is intended for use with survivors to educate them about their risk of lethality or near-lethal re-assault and to inform their decision-making. The Danger Assessment has been used by law enforcement, health care professionals, and domestic violence advocates for over 25 years.

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Do you feel controlled or isolated by your partner? Does your partner ever try to control you by threatening to hurt you or your family? Has anyone close to you ever threatened or hurt you? Does your partner ever hit, kick, hurt or threaten you?

​The Domestic Violence Routine Screening Program is an early identification and intervention strategy to promote awareness of the health impact of domestic violence, ask questions about patients’ safety in relationships and the safety of their children, and to provide information on relevant health services for victims …

Violence Risk Assessment: The process of identifying behaviors that may signal an individual’s preparation to commit a violent act, assessing those behaviors in the context of that person’s past

Violence Risk Screening –-(V- Risk-10) Violence Risk Screening The V-RISK-10 is a brief screening instrument developed by the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry in Oslo for violence risk assessment in acute and general psychiatry. Use in the acute psychiatric setting may allow this tool to be applicable in the ED setting.

Aggression in the Emergency Department (ED) remains an ongoing issue, described as reaching epidemic proportions, with an impact on staff recruitment, retention, and ability to provide quality care. Most literature has focused on the definition (or lack of) core concepts, efforts to quantify the phenomenon or provide an epidemiological profile.

Broset Violence Checklist uses six common behaviors (confusion, irritability, boisterousness, verbal and physical threats, and attacking objects) to predict an acute episode of violence in hospitalized psychiatric patients. It is copyrighted and available from the authors. Almvik R,