Fatal head injury: a sequelae to electric shock – a case report
| Autor: | YP Girish Chandra, A Gokula Krishnan, Basappa S Hugar, SH Jayanth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Forensic pathology business.industry Head injury Poison control Autopsy General Medicine Forensic Medicine medicine.disease Occupational safety and health Electric Injuries Death Sudden Traumatic injury Injury prevention medicine Craniocerebral Trauma Humans Medical emergency Intensive care medicine business Cause of death |
| Zdroj: | Medico-Legal Journal. 83:47-50 |
| ISSN: | 2042-1834 0025-8172 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0025817214528235 |
| Popis: | Deaths due to electric shock are increasing despite stringent laws and preventive measures. These shocks are a leading cause of death amongst construction workers. In about 20% of the cases, no visible injury due to electricity can be seen. In some cases, non-electrical injuries are present and at times there are no eyewitnesses to provide a detailed account of events. In such circumstances, examination of scene of death, autopsy and accident reconstruction with the help of an electrical expert are all necessary to determine the cause of death. Here, we report one such case where a mason working on the second floor of a building under construction sustained an electrical injury, following which he was thrown to the ground sustaining a fatal traumatic injury. After careful consideration, his death was attributed to the head injury. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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