How to Make Your Patients Comfortable in the Emergency Department

Dr. Varner: I think the main principle is respect for our patients and communicating that respect, having a non-judgmental attitude. Dr. Shafer: We don't have good data to say whether or not we should be doing pelvic exams in the emergency department. And expert consensus says that to make the diagnosis of conditions like PID, we need to be doing pelvic exam in these patients,. There's all kinds of testing for STIs now and who needs it; let's get into details later.