Citation

Elfawal MA. Forensic Sci. Int. 1994; 64(2-3): 181-184.

Affiliation

College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8175089

Abstract

A case is presented of a psychiatric in-patient who committed suicide on the first day of admission to hospital by entrapping his neck in the hydraulic device used for raising and lowering a hospital bed. Death most likely was due to mechanical asphyxia, from persistent compression of the neck. The danger of such potential self-harming devices in psychiatric wards is emphasized.

Language: en