Citation

Shivakumar P, Dileepkumar KB. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2015; 9(1): 52-55.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2015.00014.6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Cases of fall from height is one of the leading cause of death in an unintentional circumstances, and cases of fall in children is not so uncommon which is commonly accidental in nature.

OBJECTIVE

To study various pattern of injuries in fatal cases of fall from height in children.

Study design

Cross sectional hospital based study

Materials and Method

Autopsy done during the period of January 2013 to December 2013.

RESULTS

3844 autopsy were done during this period out of these 167(4.34%) cases were from fall from height and cases of children of fall from height 14(0.36%). Out of these majority were males 10(71.4%) followed by female 4(28.6%), 13(92.9%) children were known and 1(7.1%) child was unknown. Most of the incident occurred at home 8(57.14%) followed by at construction site 3(21.4%), 8(57.1%) cases were brought dead and 6(42.9%) cases were hospitalized. Among these 12(85.7%) cases died due to head injury, 1(7.14%) case died with chest injury and 1(7.14%) case died complication of femur bone fracture.

Language: en