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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Main Authors: Fares Najari, Ali Mohammad Alimohammadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2018-12-01
Series:Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/297
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spelling doaj-463049b70b3248159601bac76d11d27e2020-11-25T03:00:24ZengShahid 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
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An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine
Seat belts
accidents
traffic
death
sudden
author_facet Fares Najari
Ali Mohammad Alimohammadi
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title 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_full An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report
title_fullStr An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report
title_full_unstemmed An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report
title_sort immediate death by seat belt compression; a forensic medicine report
publisher Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
series Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine
issn 2645-4904
publishDate 2018-12-01
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.
topic Seat belts
accidents
traffic
death
sudden
url https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/297
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