Symptoms of strangulation can appear weeks or hours after the initial incident.  Death can occur within minutes, or weeks later.   An incident of non-fatal strangulation increases the risk of extreme violence.  It increases the risk of being killed by an intimate partner by 10 times.  

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Despite the terrifying consequences, many cases do not involve physical marks or visible signs.  Which means, first responders who attend survivors of non-fatal strangulation may miss opportunities to help survivors. 

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Today we talk about how one state became the first to provide trained specialists for survivors of non fatal strangulation, and the potential for other states to follow. 

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Featuring Senator Manka Dhingra. 

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