Citation

Surwade VB, Meena SK, Tirpude BH, Murkey PN. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2020; 14(4): 483-487.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.11525

PMID

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Abstract

Post mortem examination has important value in case of railway accidents when the thoracic injury are incorporated. There were so many statistical data present which had defined the thoracic injury but no statistical data is observed regarding the traumatic lesion of the vital organs in thoracic region in cases of Railway traffic accident deaths. This significant oversight can lead to find out the exact cause of death in cases of railway traffic accidents.1 It can help to improve the hospital emergency centre as far as concerned to chest injury victims in case of Railway traffic Accidents. Observations made were compared with the previous studies. The study period extended from the 1st JUNE2012 to 31st OCTOBER 2014. During this two (2) years period, a total number of 867 Autopsies were carried out in the department of Forensic Medicine, out of which, 74 cases of railway accident were selected for evaluation in the present study. Approval of local institutional ethical committee has been taken. It has been observed that chest fatalities are quite common and their correlation done with other authors. © 2020, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Fatalities; human; suicide; injury; autopsy; cause of death; traffic accident; forensic medicine; railway; fatality; heart injury; laceration; thorax injury; prospective study; Article; lung injury; contusion; Contusions; rib fracture; Lacerations; sternum; Indian Railways; Thoracic injuries