Forensic aspects in emergency medicine: For Ambulance - and Emergency Physician

ISBN-13: 9783662659489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 172 str.

Sieglinde Ahne; Thomas Ahne; Michael Bohnert

Opis

This pocketbook provides emergency service personnel and emergency physicians with practical forensic knowledge for the initial care of emergency patients based on numerous case examples. Topics include necropsy, crime scene behavior, blunt and sharp force, strangulation, gunshot wounds, homicide, and suicide. Specifics on sudden infant death syndrome, child abuse, and sexual offenses are also included. The 2nd edition is completely revised, updated and expanded to include the topic of child protection.

Spis treści

1. links between emergency and forensic medicine.- 2. crime scene behaviour.- 3. documentation of injuries.- 4. thanatology.- 5. forensic traumatology.- 6. road traffic accidents.- 7. alcohol and drugs.- 8. deaths.- 9. abuse offences.- 10. toxicology.

O autorze

Sieglinde Ahne, MD, Assistant Physician at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Albert Ludwig University Freiburg

Dr. med. Thomas Ahne, teaching rescue assistant and active emergency doctor, specialist in anaesthesiology, currently in further training as a general practitioner at the Todtnau Health Centre

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Bohnert, Head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

Blurb

This is how initial care is carried out in a legally secure and correct manner

In the field, emergency medicine and forensic medicine are often inseparable. This pocketbook provides emergency service personnel and emergency physicians with practical knowledge of forensic medicine for the initial care of emergency patients based on numerous case examples. The 2nd edition is completely revised, updated and expanded to include the topic of child protection.

From the contents

· Basics including coroner's inquest, crime scene behaviour, blunt force trauma, strangulation, gunshot wounds, homicide and suicide.

· Traffic accidents, forensic alcoholology, toxicology

· Special features of sudden infant death syndrome, child abuse and sexual offences

· Practical plus: Each chapter begins with a case study on the basis of which the contents are prepared and numerous tips for concrete action are given.