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Sexual Assault Response Team

Specially trained nurses who provide sexual assault examination and care for individuals 14 years and older.

The Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is a team of Registered Nurses with specialized education in sexual assault care. They serve 11 Edmonton area emergency rooms 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. The team provides compassionate, confidential, culturally sensitive, and nonjudgmental care to individuals who have been sexually assaulted in the last 7 days with or without police involvement. Care includes assessment, physical examination, testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy, giving medicine to prevent STIs and pregnancy, and referrals for counselling or other healthcare services. For more information visit our website at AHS.ca/SART.

Contact Details

Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital

Address
9401 86 Avenue
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
T8L 0C6
Telephone
780-735-3440 (SART)
Getting There

Parking and Public transportation available

Hours of Operation
Note
Service hours not available.
Access
Service Providers May Include
registered nurses (RNs)
Eligibility

Available to individuals aged 14 and older who have been sexually assaulted in the previous 7 days.

Children 13 years and younger who have been sexually assaulted should go to the Stollery within the first 3 days.

Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

Go to the Emergency Room and tell the triage nurse you would like to see the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) or that you've been sexually assaulted.

If you have questions, contact the SART team by email (edm.sart@ahs.ca), or leave a message. The next available nurse will reply (the nurses may be out of the office for extended periods seeing patients).


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SART