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**Includes: smothering, [[choking]], positional asphyxia, [[drowning]]. | **Includes: smothering, [[choking]], positional asphyxia, [[drowning]]. | ||
=Blunt force trauma= | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Weapon: fist, foot, baseball bat... pretty much anything. | *Weapon: fist, foot, baseball bat... pretty much anything. | ||
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*Bite marks, as evidence, have a limited value for identification purposes. | *Bite marks, as evidence, have a limited value for identification purposes. | ||
**In the context of identifying a potential perpetrator, it is essential to swab the bite mark for saliva, which is rich in DNA.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pretty | first1 = IA. | title = Forensic dentistry: 2. Bitemarks and bite injuries. | journal = Dent Update | volume = 35 | issue = 1 | pages = 48-50, 53-4, 57-8 passim | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 18277695 }}</ref> | **In the context of identifying a potential perpetrator, it is essential to swab the bite mark for saliva, which is rich in DNA.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pretty | first1 = IA. | title = Forensic dentistry: 2. Bitemarks and bite injuries. | journal = Dent Update | volume = 35 | issue = 1 | pages = 48-50, 53-4, 57-8 passim | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 18277695 }}</ref> | ||
==Aortic trauma== | |||
*Classic location of injury is subclavian branch point.<ref name=pmid1934437>{{cite journal |author=Kodali S, Jamieson WR, Leia-Stephens M, Miyagishima RT, Janusz MT, Tyers GF |title=Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta. A 20-year review: 1969-1989 |journal=Circulation |volume=84 |issue=5 Suppl |pages=III40–6 |year=1991 |month=November |pmid=1934437 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*[[Aortic dissection]] due to trauma is often catastrophic. | |||
==Trauma with delayed death== | ==Trauma with delayed death== | ||
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*Screwdriver. | *Screwdriver. | ||
*Glass. | *Glass. | ||
=Head injuries= | =Head injuries= | ||