West Virginia pathologists perform twice as many autopsies as industry standard amid shortages
Forensic pathologists in West Virginia are being asked to perform twice as many autopsies as the national best practice standard, resulting in significant delays (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Clinical and forensic investigation protocols for diagnosing abusive head trauma: a literature review - Sacco MA, Gualtieri S, Tarda L, Ricci P, Aquila I.
Abusive head trauma (AHT) represents a very serious global public health problem. Prevention of these episodes is essential to reduce the morbidity and mortality of this phenomenon. All healthcare professionals should be able to recognize the signs of abus... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
NLM Traveling Exhibitions – Region 6 Host Sites (More Dates Added!)
Libraries and cultural institutions present inspiring stories about history, society, and medicine to their communities through National Library of Medicine (NLM) Traveling Exhibitions. Curated from NLM collections and available free of charge, these exhibitions explore current themes in public health and connect visitors to trusted NLM health information resources such as MedlinePlus and PubMed.
NLM Traveling Exhibitions help to:
Connect your community to NLM offerings like MedlinePlus and PubMed
Publicize your institution through programming and activities
Establish community partnerships and share NLM health inform...
Source: The Cornflower - October 16, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Miles Dietz-Castel Tags: Blog Traveling Exhibit Source Type: news
Forensic post-mortem CT in children - Edwards H, Shelmerdine SC, Arthurs OJ.
Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) imaging is gaining popularity and acceptance for use alongside forensic autopsies of children, predominantly to aid in the detection of traumatic injuries. Recent research on this topic has provided a breadth of new i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Influence of various factors on the legal outcome of cases of child abuse-experiences gathered at an interdisciplinary forensic examination center in Vienna, Austria - Kletecka-Pulker M, Doppler K, V ölkl-Kernstock S, Fischer L, Eitenberger M, Mussner M, Klomfar S, Mora-Theuer EA, Grylli C, Atanasov AG, Greber-Platzer S.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To improve the currently low conviction rate in cases of child abuse a forensic examination center for children and adolescents (FOKUS) was established in Vienna, Austria. Besides a state of the art treatment combined with forensi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Fire-damage findings in post-mortem CT - Offiah CE.
Post-mortem computed tomography (CT) can provide useful insights into coronial and forensic pathological investigation of the fire-damage victim. Understanding the pathological changes that can occur in fatalities caused by fire, particularly in relation t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Autopsy based pattern of asphyxial deaths in forensic: a retrospective study - Mehmood I, Saleem K, Azeem MT, Suhail S, Khan MA, Nadir S.
BACKGROUND: A substantial portion of autopsies involve fatalities resulting from violent incidents, and one significant contributor to such fatalities is violent asphyxiation. OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of the asphyxial deaths among the fo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
A case of a motor vehicle collision suspected as associated with development of angiosarcoma - Ikeda H, Isozaki S, Kakimoto Y, Ueda A, Tsuboi A, Osawa M.
Trauma has been suspected as a factor leading to development of angiosarcoma, a malignant soft-tissue tumor. We conducted a forensic autopsy to investigate a putative relation between a motor vehicle collision and the driver's later death from angiosarcoma... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Mental health of sexual assault victims and predictors of their use of support from in-house psychologists at Belgian sexual assault care centres - Baert S, Fomenko E, Machiels A, Bicanic I, Van Belle S, Gemmel P, Gilles C, Roelens K, Keygnaert I.
BACKGROUND: Sexual assault (SA) can induce a negative impact on victims' mental health. Specialised SA services generally offer medical care and a forensic examination to SA victims. However, there is a large variation in how these services provide mental ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Recent advances in forensic geology and botany for the reconstruction of event dynamics in outdoor crime scenes: a case study - Somma R, Cascio M, Cucinotta F, Mondello F, Morabito M.
The present research is devoted to criminal investigation regarding the disappearance of two persons suspected to be kidnapped. The multi-disciplinary investigation based on the application of Forensic Geology and Botany allowed to ascertain the pre-morte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Israeli civilians were tortured and abused by Hamas fighters says forensic teams, Reuters reports
Israeli soldiers removing civilian bodies who were killed days earlier in an attack by Hamas militants on this kibbutz in Kfar Aza, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images Slain victims of the Hamas attacks have signs of abuse and torture, Reuters reports. Forensic teams in Israel discovered…#israeli #hamas #kfaraza #israel #alexijrosenfeld #benjaminnetanyahu #isis #gazastrip #alaqsaflood #palestinian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Israeli forensic teams describe signs of torture, abuse
Military forensic teams in Israel have examined bodies of victims of last week's Hamas attack on communities around the Gaza Strip and found multiple signs of torture, rape and other atrocities, officers said on Saturday. Around 1,300 bodies have been brought to an army base in Ramla in central…#israel #hamas #gazastrip #ramla #rabbiisraelweiss #avigayil #islamist #gaza #israelis #israeli (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Commentary on: Monson KL, Smith ED, Peters EM. Repeatability and reproducibility of comparison decisions by firearms examiners. J Forensic Sci. 2023;68(5):1721-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15318 - Dorfman AH, Valliant R.
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Source: SafetyLit - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Identification and quantification of the main psychoactive ingredients of cannabis in urine using excitation-eemission matrix fluorescence coupled with parallel factor analysis - Cui SF, Yang HL, Lin SY, Wan JW, Zhou CH.
Cannabis is the most prevalent abused substance after alcohol, and its consumption severely harms human health and thus adversely impacts society. The identification and quantification of cannabis in urine play important roles in practical forensics. Excit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Review of analytical methods for screening and quantification of fentanyl analogs and novel synthetic opioids in biological specimens - Palmquist KB, Truver MT, Shoff EN, Krotulski AJ, Swortwood MJ.
Fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and other novel synthetic opioids (NSO), including nitazene analogs, prevail in forensic toxicology casework. Analytical methods for identifying these drugs in biological specimens need to be robust, sensitive, and specific. Iso... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
