Burns EMS Forensics 
ACEP Now
OCTOBER 10, 2024
It is 0715 hours, and you have just come onto shift when EMS calls that they are bringing in an 11-month-old female who won’t stop crying. On physical exam, you notice what appears to be a blister from a burn on her right palm (see photo on cover). Case Resolution Given the location of the burn, pediatric burn surgery was consulted.
ACEP Now
APRIL 5, 2024
Forensic pathologist Dr. Charles Wetli of the University of Miami had conducted autopsies that he said, “conclusively showed that they have not been murdered.” Antoinette Burns was the twelfth victim, a 14-year-old girl without any evidence of cocaine consumption at all. J Forensic Sci. Forensic Sci Int. J Forensic Sci.
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