When Did The Fracture Happen?
When did the fracture happen? This is a question often asked by medical professionals in cases of alleged child abuse. Other important related questions are: Is it abuse? Who did it?…
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Pediatric Burns: Discerning Accidental Cases from Child Abuse
Approximately 250,000 children suffer burn injuries each year in the United States, accounting for one‑third of all burns. Of these patients, about 30,000 require hospital admission. Pediatric burn resuscitation protocol…
Knife Wounds
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reports, the total number of murders in 2016 in the United States was 15,070. Of those murders, knife wounds and other…
Interpreting Skull Fractures and Their Causes
In an earlier blog post I addressed concussion and the specifics of brain injury. This blog post focuses on a related topic: skull fractures. This broad term represents an extensive…
What does ear wax have to do with drug testing?
Can earwax give reliable proof of drug use? Possibly. Forensic science is always innovating in its search for effective methods. Typically, forensic analysis for neuropsychotic drugs comes from blood and…