Blunt Force Trauma

By Richard Jones

News (Wales)
Simon Winstone jailed for partner Denise Rosser's murder
bbc.co.uk
A murder victim was beaten so badly her injuries were compared to those sustained in a car crash, a judge said. Simon Winstone was ordered to serve at least 18 years in jail for killing partner Michelle
News (Wales)
Grandfather left with head injuries and memory loss after 'heartbreaking' attack
walesonline.co.uk - Bronte Howard
A "devoted grandfather" from Newport has been left with head injuries and memory loss after being attacked while walking home from his local …
News (Wales)
Man battered girlfriend to death then claimed her injuries were from sex
walesonline.co.uk - Philip Dewey
A man who ferociously beat his girlfriend to death and claimed her injuries were friction burns after they had sex on the carpet has been found …
News (Wales)
Woman allegedly beaten to death by partner had 'shattered' ribs, punctured lung and kidney in two pieces
walesonline.co.uk - Liz Day
A woman allegedly beaten to death by her partner suffered 28 fractures to her ribs – some of which were completely shattered, a court heard. Michelle …
Health and Safety
Families of men killed in Birmingham wall collapse reject inquest verdict
The Guardian - Frances Perraudin
The families of five men killed when a wall collapsed at a scrap metal plant in Birmingham have condemned an inquest ruling of accidental death, saying the company’s management should face criminal prosecution.
Injuries 'consistent with being kicked and stamped on' found on dead pensioner's body
walesonline.co.uk - Jason Evans
A pathologist has described the catalogue of injuries suffered by a pensioner who was bound and beaten to death in his own home. The body of John …
The ‘black’ eye
artibiotics.com - Dr Ciléin Kearns
Case Study: 3-D Printing Victim's Skull for a Jury
forensicmag.com
The evidence of a homicide presented in a courtroom—exacting, and weighted down with scientific terms—can sometimes trip up jurors. These peers of …
Conner Marshall: Flashbacks of murdered son's injuries
bbc.co.uk - By Nicola Bryan
Warning: Distressing images and content When Nadine Marshall waved her 18-year-old son Conner off as he went to stay at a caravan site with friends, she never imagined the next time she saw him he would
Evaluating Blunt Trauma Patients
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Vascular Trauma
thoracickey.com - UFO Themes
A finite element model of blunt traumatic aortic rupture. - PubMed
nih.gov - Richens D , et al.
OBJECTIVE: Blunt traumatic aortic rupture has a scene survival of 2-5% and is present in 20% of all automobile fatalities. The manner in which the …
Blunt injury to chest may cause fatal VFib if strike occurs just before peak of T wave in cardiac cycle #EMConf #FOAMed
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Hypotensive trauma pt with normal CXR/PXR/FAST, consider Morel-Lavallée syndrome (flank to thigh closed degloving injury)
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Morel-Lavallée lesions in the ED - St Emlyns
stemlynsblog.org
So, I’m back after 2 1/2 weeks away in the wilds of Yorkshire near the Gothic town of Whitby. It was quite a marvellous holiday with lots of mountain …
Examples of tramline bruises in clinical forensic medicine. - PubMed
nih.gov - Fersini F , et al.
1Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, DIMEC, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.2Institute of Legal Medicine …
Emergency care in facial trauma--a maxillofacial and ophthalmic perspective.
nih.gov - Perry M , et al.
2005 Aug;36(8):875-96. Epub 2005 Mar 24. 1Maxillofacial Unit, The Royal Group of Hospitals, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK. …
Life-threatening complications and irreversible damage following maxillofacial trauma. - PubMed
nih.gov - Ardekian L , et al.
Trauma remains one of the principal causes of mortality in the western world, especially among young adults. The most serious immediate …
Pair killed neighbour over child's burst football
bbc.co.uk
A father and daughter who launched a fatal attack on a neighbour who punctured a child's football have been convicted of manslaughter. Kelly Machin, 34, had been fed up with balls landing in her back in
Human hands evolved for punching, scientists say after swinging corpses around on a pendulum
independent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin
Scientists have swung human corpses around on a pendulum to establish that the human body evolved so that we could punch each other. Our hands didn’t …
Adult blunt ab trauma, in order of organ frequency: spleen, liver, kidney, small bowel, bladder, colon, diaphragm, pancreas.
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RT @RCEMFOAMed: From the archive: Floating in the face of danger, Maxfax injuries in the ED #FOAMed https://t.co/kEte8TYwxm
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$Facial tripod fracture - lateral orbit, zygoma, and maxilla. Requires surgical management. #EMConf https://t.co/4m2xMcN57q$
Facial tripod fracture - lateral orbit, zygoma, and maxilla. Requires surgical management. #EMConf https://t.co/4m2xMcN57q
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Print your own 3D Lucy to work out how the famous hominin died
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article Nature News & Comment Digital scans will help researchers test whether she fell out of a …
Family tree fall: human ancestor Lucy died in arboreal accident, say scientists
The Guardian - Ian Sample Science editor
Researchers claim analysis of 3.2m-year-old skeleton of ‘grandmother of humanity’ shows injuries consistent with those of humans falling on hard ground, but others query findings The ancient human ancestor
Hope everyone has a great weekend, for those working here's some #BoxersFracture basics #FOAMed #ortho https://t.co/cRRyDFWESA
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$Project 2 #Odysseyfieldschool by Winsome Lee: Upper limb fractures - type & distribution in Cypriot males & females https://t.co/LJUwCYncEJ$
Project 2 #Odysseyfieldschool by Winsome Lee: Upper limb fractures - type & distribution in Cypriot males & females https://t.co/LJUwCYncEJ
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