scholarly journals Forensic-medical approach to the evaluation of injuries, which are formed in a case of fall of a person from own height to the plane surface, and to the circumstances of their occurrence

2017 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Anatolii Zavalniuk ◽  
Ihor Yukhymets ◽  
Oleksandr Kravets
Keyword(s):  
Plane Surface ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Procedural Code ◽  
Medical Approach ◽  
Medical Examinations

The current Criminal-Procedural Code of Ukraine in case of forensic-medical examinations of injuries requires to determining of their origin from the action of certain traumatic factors and that belongs to the direct responsibilities of forensic-medical examiner. Determining the circumstances of their formation, does not require any medical knowledge, and therefore does not belong to the competence of the expert. The examiner should not determine and is not obliged to determine the circumstances of injuries in case of falls from one’s own height, because the same injuries (identical morphology and localization) a person can get in different situations. Only the investigator and the court are able gather enough evidences for the conclusions about the circumstances of injuries in case of fall from his own height to the plane surface.

scholarly journals Forensic-medical opinions to the assessment of irreparable consequences of facial trauma

2016 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Anatolii Zavalniuk ◽  
Ihor Yukhymets ◽  
Oleksandr Kravets
Keyword(s):  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Facial Trauma ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Facial Disfigurement ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Right ◽  
Severity Degree

The article deals with the searching of the ways to improve the forensic-medical examination of injuries to the face which cause irreparable consequences. The article reviews the current procedural and regulatory requirements for performing of such examinations, criteria of irreparable facial disfigurement, caused by trauma. It is proposed to grant the right to forensic-medical examiner (including a commision of experts) finally to estimate severity degree of injuries in cases of clear indubitable posttraumatic facial disfigurement. This is due to the fact that forensic-medical examiner has special medical knowledge in face anatomy and physiology, knows functions of its individual parts and also possessed of common to all mankind conception about disfigurement of organs and tissues.

scholarly journals Simulation of aerosol dispersion during medical examinations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Falk ◽  
Sarina K Mueller ◽  
Stefan Kniesburges ◽  
Michael Doellinger
Keyword(s):  
Medical Staff ◽  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Main Route ◽  
Eulerian Approach ◽  
Route Of Transmission ◽  
Aerosol Dispersion ◽  
Medical Examinations ◽  
Examination Room

The main route of transmission of the SARS-CoV2 virus has been shown to be airborne. The objective of this study is to analyze the aerosol dispersion and potential exposure to medical staff within a typical medical examination room during classical airway procedures. The multiphase simulation of the aerosol particles in the airflow is based on a Lagrangian-Eulerian approach. All simulation cases with surgical mask show partially but significantly reduced maximum dispersion distances of the aerosol particles compared to the cases without surgical mask. The simulations have shown that medical examiner are exposed to large amount of aerosol particles, especially during procedures such as laryngoscopy where the examiner's head is directly in front of the patient's face. However, exposure can be drastically reduced if the patient wears a mask which is possible for the most of the procedures studied, such as otoscopy, sonography, or anamnesis.

Routine Use of Ultraviolet Light in Medicolegal Examinations to Evaluate Stains and Skin Trauma

1995 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Lynnerup ◽  
Henrik Hjalgrim ◽  
Birthe Eriksen
Keyword(s):  
Light Source ◽  
Ultraviolet Light ◽  
Forensic Pathology ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Ordinary Light ◽  
Medical Examinations

The use of ultraviolet light induced fluorescence as an aid in forensic medical examinations of rape victims was evaluated preliminarily in a retrospective, non-consecutive study. In a four-month period, 17 cases were referred by the police for examinations at the Institute of Forensic Pathology. Ultraviolet light illumination (UVI) was used in seven cases, and in six cases fluorescent skin areas were observed. The fluorescence was due to lesions in four cases and stainings with saliva and semen in other two cases. In at least two cases, skin trauma detected with UVI were unobserved in ordinary light. It is concluded that UVI should be a routine part of forensic medical examinations. It may assist the forensic medical examiner in finding skin trauma and in locating stains, thus enabling retrieval of material for serological analyses. UVI is simple to carry out, requiring only a small, portable ultraviolet light source.

Child and Adolescent Suicide Deaths in New Mexico, 1990-1994

Crisis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
DD Werenko ◽  
LM Olson ◽  
L Fullerton-Gleason ◽  
AW Lynch ◽  
RE Zumwalt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Adolescent Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Medical Examiner ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Youth Activity

The suicide death rate in New Mexico is consistently higher than the national rate. Among adolescents, suicide is the third leading cause of death nationally, but in New Mexico it is the second leading cause of death. This study describes the pattern of adolescent suicide deaths in New Mexico. We conducted a retrospective review of all medical examiner autopsies for adolescent suicides (ages 20 years and younger) in New Mexico from 1990-1994. Records were reviewed for demographics and possible contributing factors such as depression, previous attempts, and alcohol and drug use. We identified 184 suicide deaths among children and adolescents ages 9-20 years for an overall rate of 12.9 per 100,000. Our rates for ages 5-9 years (0.2), 10-14 years (3.8), and 15-19 years (22.3) are over twice the U.S. rates. Suicide deaths resulted primarily from firearms (67%), hanging (16%), poisoning (6%), inhalation (4%), and other methods (7%). Method varied by ethnicity (p = .01) and gender (p = .03); males and non-Hispanic Whites were overrepresented among firearm deaths. Firearm ownership was known in 60 (48%) of the firearm deaths. Of these, 53% of the firearms belonged to a family member, 25% to the decedent, and 22% to a friend. Over one-third of decedents (41%) experienced mental disorders, primarily depressed mood and clinical depression. Previous suicide attempts were noted for 15% of the decedents. Some 50% of the decedents had alcohol or drugs present at the time of death; among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 74% had drugs or alcohol present (p = .003). Targeted interventions are needed to reduce adolescent suicide in New Mexico. We suggest raising awareness about acute and chronic contributing factors to suicide; training physicians to look for behavioral manifestations of depression; and involving physicians, teachers, and youth activity leaders in efforts to limit firearm accessibility, such as advising parents to remove firearms from their households.

A Medical Approach to Psychodiagnosis

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 659-660
Author(s):  
Loring J. Ingraham
Keyword(s):  
Medical Approach

Care, Labor and Medical Knowledge: Access to Health and Work in the Global Arena

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Khanna ◽  
Suzanne Morrissey ◽  
Amarah Niazi ◽  
Mirabelle Fernandes-Paul ◽  
Michele Gamburd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Care Labor ◽  
Global Arena ◽  
Knowledge Access

The Separation of Reviewing Knowledge from Medical Knowledge

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (01/02) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Musen ◽  
J. van der Lei
Keyword(s):  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Patient Record ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Arden Syntax

Abstract:The developers of reviewing systems that rely on computer-based patient-record systems as a source of data need to model reviewing knowledge and medical knowledge. We simulate how the same medical knowledge could be entered in four different systems: CARE, the Arden syntax, Essential-attending and HyperCritic. We subsequently analyze how the original knowledge is represented in the symbols or syntax used by these systems. We conclude that these systems provide different alternatives in dealing with the vocabulary provided by the computer-based patient records. In addition, the use of computer-based patient records for review poses new challenges for the content of that record: to facilitate review, the reasoning of the physician needs to be captured in addition to the actions of the physician.

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