Confronting Human Trafficking in a Healthcare Setting

Presented by: Lowell Hochhalter, President, CEO, The LifeGuard Group

Close to 90% of Human trafficking victims, ages 14 to 60, sought medical care. They sought help for symptoms including cardiovascular and respiratory problems, flashbacks, broken bones, STI’s, depression, anxiety, nightmares, and feelings of shame and guilt. Human trafficking doesn’t need to be siloed. Trafficking has many dimensions that can present in pediatrics, ED, urgent care settings, orthopedics, or infectious diseases. You can use your diagnostic skills from other forms of interpersonal violence to help identify trafficking survivors. Health Care Providers are in a unique position to recognize the indicators of human trafficking. This training will give you the confidence as well as practical ways that you can effectively respond to those who are looking for a way out.

Target Audience: This presentation will resonate with anyone who works in the healthcare field including those in direct care services and those who facilitate the patient during their time at their clinic, and/or hospital.

Outcomes: 

• Participants will learn the “indicators” that point toward a potential human trafficking situation.

Continuing Education: 

Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Contact Hours:  1.0

Expiration Date (recording):  August 20, 2027

Successful completion:

• View webinar in its entirety 
• Complete online evaluation

Relevant Financial Relationships: No relevant financial relationships exist for anyone involved in the planning of this activity.