General resources
Definitions
Watch & read:
- Women’s Health NSW Strangulation
- Insight Exchange The dangers of strangulation
Sex and strangulation
Websites:
- Breathless – for young people
Watch:
Download:
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention What You Need to Know About Sexual Choking – information resource
- Women’s Health NSW Sexual choking: A health promotion approach – guide for practitioners
Read:
- Corinna, H. & Woodley, G. (2024). Scarleteen. Breathe: Risks, Realities, and Safer Alternatives to Choking and Breath Play – for safer alternatives to strangulation
Pornography
Websites:
- It’s time we talked – about porn – for young people, schools, and adults
Download:
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention The Choking Game – for adults and children
Brain injury
Watch & read:
- Ohio Domestic Violence Network Head Injuries and Strangulation Hurt Your Brain – videos & resources for victims
Download:
- Women’s Health NSW Brain Injury A practitioner guide
Resources for professionals
General
Download:
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Signs & Symptoms – Adult
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Signs & Symptoms of Strangulation – Child
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Five Myths of Strangulation
Watch:
- Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa Understanding strangulation and suffocation – resources for victim
MARAM Framework
- MARAM Responsibility 7: Comprehensive Risk Assessment – provides guidance on assessing for traumatic or acquired brain injury
Support resources
Download:
- Safe + Equal Understanding Non-Fatal Strangulation, Key information for Family Violence Practitioners – practitioner guide and medical referral template
- Women’s Health NSW Guidelines: Responding to non-fatal strangulation and sexual choking – practitioner response and support guide
- Women’s Health NSW Assessment tool: Responding to strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence – assessment tool to screen, assess and respond
- Women’s Health NSW Medical Referral Template – referral form & medical explainer to support victims to seek GP support
- Cross Sectoral Solution Alternative Care Practices to Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury – alternative care practices for clients with an ABI
- Alliance for Hope International Safety Plan – safety planning with a client
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Strangulation Assessment Card – assessment card for victim
- ANROWS Supporting children and young people experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence – practitioner resource
Training resources
Watch:
- Women’s Health NSW Strangulation Assessment Demonstration
- Women’s Health NSW It Left No Marks for service providers
- Insight Exchange Understanding and responding to strangulation
- Lived Experience
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- Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research The voices of women impacted by non-fatal strangulation
General information & factsheets
- Sexual Assault Services Victoria Non-fatal Strangulation – Fact Sheet – fact sheet
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Strangulation in Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet – fact sheet
Prevention & early intervention
- Australian Government Let’s Talk Consent Workbook
Medical and health professionals
Training resources
Watch:
- Bendigo Community Health Strangulation – It’s never OK
Check lists
Download:
- Bendigo Community Health Strangulation Neck Compression Checklist
- Bendigo Community Health – Strangulation Neck Compression Discharge Letter
- Royal Women’s Hospital Neck Compression / Non-fatal Strangulation Checklist
- Alliance for Hope International Facts for victims of NFS – checklist to monitor own symptoms
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Pediatric Strangulation: Important Information for Parents and Guardians – checklist to monitor child’s symptoms
Emergency departments
Download:
- NSW Government – Emergency Care Institute Managing non-fatal strangulation in the emergency department
- Royal Women’s Hospital Non-fatal Strangulation Guideline – clinical support to those managing adult and pediatric patients who present to the ED with NFS
- Institute for Addressing Strangulation Guidelines for clinical management of non-fatal strangulation in acute and emergency care services
- Government of SA – SA Health Strangulation: assessment following non-fatal strangulation in the context of an alleged assault
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Recommendations for Pregnant Victim
General practitioners & health professionals
Watch:
- Women’s Health NSW It Left No Marks for General Practitioners – series of videos for GPs
Download:
- Victoire, A., De Boos, J. & Lynch, J. (2022). The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners ‘I thought I was about to die’ Management of non-fatal strangulation in general practice. – management of NFS in general practice
- Government of SA – SA Health Strangulation: assessment following non-fatal strangulation in the context of an alleged assault – medical assessment of NFS
- Women’s Health NSW Guidelines: Responding to non-fatal strangulation and sexual choking – NFS protocol & guidelines
- International Association of Forensic Nurses. (2016). Non-Fatal Strangulation Documentation Toolkit – forensic procedure
- Secure Digital Forensic Imaging Paediatric Non-fatal Strangulation Photo Documentation – photographing child (forensic)
- Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa Non-Fatal Strangulation & Suffocation Patient Information – patient brochure
Police
Download:
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Strangulation/Suffocation Investigative worksheet
Watch:
- Police NZ Sexual assault and consent Video resources – series of training videos
Self-care
For support person
- It left no Marks Sexual choking: A health promotion approach
For victim
- Alliance for Hope International Facts for victims of NFS – checklist to monitor own symptoms
- Royal Women’s Hospital Neck compression/non-fatal strangulation discharge instructions
- Tasmanian Government – Department of Health Non-fatal strangulation – what to watch out for
- Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention Paediatric Strangulation: Important Information for Parents and Guardians – checklist to monitor child’s symptoms
Resource Document
Review the BPIFVP’s NFS Resource document here BPIFVP_Resource_NonFatal Strangulation_202603