"The SANE Program at VAC contracts Registered Nurses for our Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. The SANEs are currently responding to the emergency departments at Carthage Area Hospital, River Hospital, Samaritan Medical Center, and Lewis County General Hospital. When a patient who has been sexually assaulted arrives at the emergency department, the hospital notifies our 24-hour hotline and an on-call SANE and an advocate will respond to conduct a forensic rape exam on the patient."