UPMC - Sexual Assault Forensic Nurse Examiners Team (SAFNET)
215 East Water Street, Muncy, PA 17745
Eligibility
Hours
Application process
Come to the Emergency Department at Muncy Valley Hospital. While you register, the SAFNET on call will be paged and will meet you in the Emergency Department.
Fees
Call for details.
Service area
Bradford, PA
Clinton, PA
Lycoming, PA
Northumberland, PA
Potter, PA
Snyder, PA
Sullivan, PA
Tioga, PA
Union, PA
Description
This program, part of a nation-wide program, provides skilled, compassionate care for victims of sexual assault. SAFNET nurses have received special education in the care of patients who have been sexually assaulted. These nurses have been taught to do a physical examination that includes the collection of evidence and specimens. They also give medicine as needed and explain the discharge instructions and follow-up plan to the patient and the patientâs family.
What's Here
Providing organization
UPMC
UPMC Susquehanna has a total of 228 licensed acute beds and 22 bassinets and 138 long-term care beds in the Skilled Nursing Unit. Divine Providence Hospital, the organization's Center of Excellence for Outpatient Services and Williamsport Regional Medical Center are centered in Williamsport, the county seat. Muncy Valley Hospital, located in Muncy, is positioned to serve the eastern portion of the county.