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Forensic Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Accidents

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The emergency physician’s documentation of these injuries may prove to be crucial in law enforcement’s reconstruction of the crash and may have significant implications for subsequent legal proceedings. Forensic investigation-motor vehicle collisions and motor-vehicle pedestrian accidents. Discussion There were over 2.1 Dickinson E.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

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" The ideal is a fully funded Medical Examiner's department when the incumbent or staff are board-certified Forensic Pathologists. Regardless, there are an insufficient number of qualified forensic pathologists to assume office everywhere. Based upon California Health and Safety Code 102850 and Government Code 27491.

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ToxCard: Tetanus and Strychnine – Expanding the Differential for Severe Muscle Spasm

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Forensic Sci Int. Liquid chromatography/photodiode array detection for determination of strychnine in blood: a fatal case report. 2004;141(1):17-21. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.12.010 2003.12.010 Otter J, D’Orazio JL. Strychnine Toxicity. In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing; 2022. Accessed April 27, 2022.

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Dr. Elsburgh Clarke Was Among First to Specialize in Emergency Medicine

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A typical shift when he was starting out would include patients falling into what was coded as 1350 major medical/trauma, 1060 minor medical/trauma, or 1050 medical walk-in. They can be ship doctors, go on mountain treks, work in forensics, or be a part of a S.W.A.T. I like the excitement.

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Ballistic Follies

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It is critically important to document the physical findings in a plain-seeing, plain-speaking, non-judgmental manner that will not color or taint future investigations. In short, describe the simple appearance of wounds and findings, and the body’s response, without any forensic conclusions.

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Key Victories for Emergency Medicine at the State Level

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Hospitals will undergo a security-risk assessment that includes trauma-level designation, overall volume, volume of psychiatric and forensic patients, incidents of violence against staff and level of injuries sustained from such violence, and prevalence of crime in the community.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. About three-quarters of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa serve as origin or destination points for refugees.