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Students

Please could you peruse the notes I gave you in respect units 5 & 6.

Please also view the following links:

Fat Embolism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjOAi0bCmwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EE7ZxBvDyc

 

Embolisms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgTRS_InDgg

 

Pneumothorax:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-sZzZ4TMnY

 

 

 

Assignment 1

 

Assignment 1: 2016

Dear forensic medicine students.

Please could you peruse the notes I have given you in respect of Identification as well as Trauma and answer the following questions? We will address the questions by way of individual presentations on Wednesday during class.

 

Identification:

• Discuss the basic identification principles.                                                  (5)

·       How should a commercial passenger aircraft accident be managed, with specific reference to the identification of the passengers and crew?                   (10)

 

Trauma

• Discuss blunt and sharp force injuries and differentiate between the different types of such injuries.                                                                                            (10)

·       A man is hit by a cricket bat. Discuss the factors that may determine the effective wounding force, as well as the different types of injuries that the man may have sustained as a result of mechanical trauma.                                          (20)

·       A man is brought to the emergency room at a hospital. His head has a linear wound. He alleges that a golf ball hit him on his head whilst he was playing golf. Discuss the possibility of the man telling the truth by considering the presentation of the wound and by discussing the different types of injuries the man should have sustained if he was in fact hit by a golf ball.                                                                    (20)

·       You are involved in a trial where the victim was an elderly female who was murdered. The post-mortem report states that numerous bruises/ contusions were present over the chest, and there were also fractures of the ribs and sternum. These fractures were surrounded by fresh hemorrhages. The defense alleges that these injuries were caused by attempts at resuscitation by the assailant, and not by the assault itself. How can the pathologist refute this allegation?                                                                                               (15)

·       You are involved in a trial where the victim had allegedly died of a stab-wound. What are the most important features regarding this wound which you would look for in the post-mortem report?                                                                                (20)