Asphyxia and Drowning - An Atlas

List of contents

Preface; Asphyxia and Drowning; Introduction; Mechanical Asphyxia; Vitiated Atmosphere; Smothering; Choking; Airway Swelling and Obstruction; Neck Compression; Hanging; Strangulation; Manual Strangulation; igature Strangulation; Yoking; Chest Compression; Postural (Positional) Asphyxia; Miscellaneous; Chemical Asphyxia; Carbon Monoxide; Cyanide; Drowning

About the author

Jay Dix, M.D. is Medical Examiner for Boone County, Missouri, and Associate Professor of Pathology/Chief of Forensic Pathology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia. Michael Graham, M.D. is the Chief Medical Examiner for the City of St. Louis, Missouri; Professor of Pathology at St. Louis University Health Sciences Center; and Co-Director of its Division of Forensic Pathology. Randy Hanzlick, M.D. is Chief Medical Examiner for Fulton County, Georgia; Associate Professor of Forensic Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; and Forensic Pathologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.

Summary

Presents an overview of the types, mechanisms, and physical findings associated with deaths involving asphyxia. This work offers an understanding of the processes leading to asphyxiation and to recognize the physical findings associated with these conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Dix, Jay (Medical Examiner Dix, Jay Graham Dix, Dix Jay, Michael Graham, Randy Hanzlick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138427006
• ISBN: 978-1-138-42700-6
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Cause of Death Atlas Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Forensic Science, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminology: legal aspects