An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report
Although death is a gradual process, sometimes sudden death occurs in a fraction of a minute or seconds. Here we report a 49-year-old man without any underlying disease, which has instantly died in an accident scene due to compression of neck critical elements by a three-point seat belt. The examina...
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| description | Although death is a gradual process, sometimes sudden death occurs in a fraction of a minute or seconds. Here we report a 49-year-old man without any underlying disease, which has instantly died in an accident scene due to compression of neck critical elements by a three-point seat belt. The examination of the body and the results of the autopsy, toxicology and pathology tests are described from the viewpoint of forensic medicine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-463049b70b3248159601bac76d11d27e2022-12-22T03:58:16ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine2645-49042018-12-013410.22037/aaem.v3i4.297An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine ReportFares Najari0Ali Mohammad Alimohammadi1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.Center of Forensic Medicine researches, Forensic legal Medicine organization, Tehran, IranAlthough death is a gradual process, sometimes sudden death occurs in a fraction of a minute or seconds. Here we report a 49-year-old man without any underlying disease, which has instantly died in an accident scene due to compression of neck critical elements by a three-point seat belt. The examination of the body and the results of the autopsy, toxicology and pathology tests are described from the viewpoint of forensic medicine.https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/297Seat beltsaccidentstrafficdeathsudden |
| spellingShingle | Fares Najari Ali Mohammad Alimohammadi An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine Seat belts accidents traffic death sudden |
| title | An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report |
| title_full | An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report |
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| title_full_unstemmed | An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report |
| title_short | An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report |
| title_sort | immediate death by seat belt compression a forensic medicine report |
| topic | Seat belts accidents traffic death sudden |
| url | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/297 |
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