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**Measure distance from C7 (???) to inferior aspect of ligature mark. | **Measure distance from C7 (???) to inferior aspect of ligature mark. | ||
**Measure width of ligature mark. | **Measure width of ligature mark. | ||
==Choking== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Typical accidental. | |||
*May be part of game adolescents play known as the ''choking game''.<ref name=pmid19190276>{{Cite journal | last1 = Macnab | first1 = AJ. | last2 = Deevska | first2 = M. | last3 = Gagnon | first3 = F. | last4 = Cannon | first4 = WG. | last5 = Andrew | first5 = T. | title = Asphyxial games or the choking game: a potentially fatal risk behaviour. | journal = Inj Prev | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 45-9 | month = Feb | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1136/ip.2008.018523 | PMID = 19190276 }}</ref> | |||
**Known by many synonyms, e.g. ''asphyxial game'', ''fainting game'', ''black-out game''. | |||
Associations: | |||
*Ethanol intoxication.<ref name=pmid20666919>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nikolić | first1 = S. | last2 = Zivković | first2 = V. | last3 = Dragan | first3 = B. | last4 = Juković | first4 = F. | title = Laryngeal choking on food and acute ethanol intoxication in adults--An autopsy study. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 56 | issue = 1 | pages = 128-31 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01510.x | PMID = 20666919 }}</ref> | |||
*Neurologic disease.<ref name=pmid17209932>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dolkas | first1 = L. | last2 = Stanley | first2 = C. | last3 = Smith | first3 = AM. | last4 = Vilke | first4 = GM. | title = Deaths associated with choking in San Diego county. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 52 | issue = 1 | pages = 176-9 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00297.x | PMID = 17209932 }}</ref> | |||
Epidemiology: | |||
*Extremes of age.<ref name=pmid17209932/> | |||
===Gross=== | |||
*Large laryngeal bolus of food - obstructs the airway. | |||
**Usually meat.<ref name=pmid17209932/> | |||
==Drowning== | ==Drowning== | ||