Quinte Health Care Corporation
Site: Trenton Memorial Hospital
Service: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Response Program
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Print Version (New Window)| Record #: VIQ0371 | Last Full Update: 02 Oct 2018 |
| Names | |
|---|---|
| Alternate Name | DVSARP ; HT1 ; SA/DVRP ; SARP ; VIQ |
| Legal Name | Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Response Program |
| Location & Accessibility | |
| Site Location | Trenton Memorial Hospital |
| Located In Community | Quinte West |
| Address & Map | |
| Intersection | Catherine St and King St |
| Mailing Address | c/o Perry Simard Quinte Health Care 242 King St W, 2nd Flr Trenton, ON K8V 5S6 |
| Bus Route Notes | Quinte Access Transit Map |
| Physical Access | Fully Accessible |
| Extra Transportation | no |
| Parking | Pay parking lot |
| Description and Services | |
| Description (Service) | DVSARP offers a 24-hour response team of nurses who are specially equipped with knowledge specific to intimate partner domestic violence and /or sexual assault (SA/DV) across the lifespan acute cases. Within the team is a follow up nurse who is able to provide ongoing support to patients following the acute stage. The Follow up nurse also can provide support to patients requiring assistance with historical Domestic Violence /Sexual Assault and works as a liaison with the community supports. The Domestic Violence /Sexual Assault team responds to all four hospitals within Quinte Health Care: Belleville, Trenton, Picton and North Hastings thus providing service to women, men and children. The on-call nurse responds when paged by a local Emergency Department to assist the team with the care of a patient whom discloses to the triage nurse that they have been assaulted and require assistance. The Domestic Violence /Sexual Assault Nurse collaborates with the Emergency Department Team as well as the sexual assault center social worker, or children's aid society as well as other social service sectors to support the assault victim and together provide a comprehensive assessment and a plan of care to meet the needs of the patient who has encountered an acute assault. The Domestic Violence /Sexual Assault nursing team takes turns at being available for on call shifts. Legal and medical information will be offered as well as forensic collection in the event of an acute sexual assault at the patients discretion. Access to a sexual assault worker is also provided in conjunction with the Domestic Violence /Sexual Assault response nurse or coordinated by the local Emergency Department as required. Victims of an acute Domestic Violence /Sexual Assault are encouraged to engage 911 and/or go directly to the nearest Emergency Department for assistance. |
| Hours | 24 hour medical response at all Quinte Health Care hospitals |
| Areas Served | Hastings County ; Prince Edward County |
| Eligibility | No restrictions |
| Application | none required |
| Languages | English ; Interpretive Services - other languages are available through Language Services |
| Fees | None |
| Service Categories | Child Abuse Counselling ; Child Abuse Medical Evaluations ; Condition Specific Treatment ; Domestic Violence Hotlines ; Sexual Assault Hotlines ; Sexual Assault Issues ; Sexually Abused Adults |
| Waiting List | No |
| Contact Information | |
| Office Phone | 613-969-7400 ext 5024 or ext 5490 |
| Toll Free Phone | 1-800-483-2811 ask switchboard to contact the on call DVSA nurse and provide your number to contact. Alternatively contact your local Emergency Department |
| After Hours Phone | Via hospital switchboard who will page the on call nurse. |
| TTY Phone | Go to local Emergency Department whom will arrange upon arrival |
| Crisis Phone | via hospital switchboard. Ask operator to Page DVSARP or Crisis Intervention on-call nurse, whichever is required. |
| Fax | 613-392-5670 |
| psimard@qhc.on.ca | |
| Primary Contact | Perry Simard, Manager, Quinte Health Care; Phone: have paged through hospital switchboard 613-969-7400 ext 5490; Email: Psimard@qhc.on.ca |
| Alternate Contact | Kat Anastasiou, Clinical Nurse, Quinte Heatlh Care Trenton Hospital; Phone: have paged through Switchboard 613-969-7400 ext 5024; Email: Kanastasiou@qhc.on.ca |
| Primary Executive | Heather Campbell, Director of Primary Care and Emergency Programs, Quinte Health Care; Phone: page through hospital switchboard 613-969-7400 ext 5376; Email: hcampbell@qhc.on.ca |
| Other Details | |
| Established | 1996 |
| Funding | Provincial |
| Print Material | Brochures, posters |
| Accreditation | No |