Projectile Wound to Head from Modified Electronic Cigarette Explosion.

Autor: Beining T; District Six Medical Examiner's Office, 10900 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL, 33778., Thogmartin JR; District Six Medical Examiner's Office, 10900 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL, 33778., Kurz W; District Six Medical Examiner's Office, 10900 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL, 33778.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of forensic sciences [J Forensic Sci] 2020 Jul; Vol. 65 (4), pp. 1365-1367. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 23.
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14315
Abstrakt: One of the dangers of a rapidly growing technology industry is the risk involved in being intimately close to lithium-ion batteries. When exposed to improper conditions, lithium-ion batteries in a variety of devices have been reported to ignite and, in some cases, explode. With the rise of electronic cigarette use and modifications, the lithium-ion batteries in these devices are subject to a higher risk of malfunction. This is a retrograde analysis of a 38-year-old man who experienced fatal penetrating head trauma while using a modified electronic cigarette device. The findings suggest that the trauma from the explosion was caused by the thermal runaway of the lithium-ion battery in the modified e-cigarette.
(© 2020 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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