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*Forensic autopsies are focused on the external exam. | *Forensic autopsies are focused on the external exam. | ||
===Marking conventions=== | ===Marking conventions for common findings=== | ||
There are no universal marking conventions for injuries. | There are no universal marking conventions for injuries. | ||
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*Abrasions and incised wounds typically bleed - are red. | *Abrasions and incised wounds typically bleed - are red. | ||
*Contusions (bruises) don't classically bleed and are classically blue. | *Contusions (bruises) don't classically bleed and are classically blue. | ||
===External exam findings=== | |||
Colour of the corpse:<ref name=Ref_Shkrum33>{{Ref Shkrum|33}}</ref> | |||
*Red (Pink) = carbon monoxide, cyanide, fluoroacetate.<ref name=pmid17288493>{{cite journal |author=Proudfoot AT, Bradberry SM, Vale JA |title=Sodium fluoroacetate poisoning |journal=Toxicol Rev |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=213–9 |year=2006 |pmid=17288493 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Purple (intense) = propane. | |||
*Green = hydrogen sulfide. | |||
*Brown = nitrites (methemoglobinemia). | |||
==Causes of death== | ==Causes of death== | ||