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Forensic Medicine - DA0108060
Title: Forensic Medicine
Guaranteed by: Department of Forensic Medicine (13-322)
Faculty: Second Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/30, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 2 [weeks]
Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: MUDr. Petr Tomášek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): MUDr. Petr Tomášek, Ph.D.
Classification: Medicine > Basic Sciences
Pre-requisite : DA0105341, DA0105439
Annotation
Forensic pathology contributes a large part of forensic medicine, as it deals with the examination of the dead. Forensic Toxicology is the study of poisons and Forensic Serology deals with investigation of the biological stains are the important parts of Forensic Medicine too.
Last update: Pumrová Zuzana (26.09.2017)
Course completion requirements

Lessons in Forensic Medicine must be pased a minimum of 80% of the time as well as a final test before examen must be accomplished.

Last update: Pumrová Zuzana (26.09.2017)
Literature

Knight, B.: Simpson ́s forensic medicine : Edward Arnold, 2003 (B)

DiMaio, V. J.: Forensic pathology : CRC press, 2001

Last update: HABET (24.01.2014)
Requirements to the exam

Presence in 80% of the passed time of the reports and demonstrations is demanded. The list of questions in Forensic Medicine:

1. Doctor as a witness, doctor as an expert witness. Expert opinion and its meaning.

2. Identification in forensic medicine.

3. Early and late postmortem changes.

4. Determining time of death. Proof of death and proof of brain death.

5. Types of autopsies. Procedures in case of death.

6. Sudden death in adults.

7. Deaths aged 0-1 year, 1-18 years, including violent death.

8. Vital reaction general and local, supravital reaction. Determining the age of the injury.

9. Suffocation.

10. Rape and sexual abuse. Abuse of a trusted person.

11. Head injury.

12. Neck injury.

13. Chest injury.

14. Abdominal injury.

15. Limb injuries.

16. Cuts, stabs and cutting wounds, wounds caused by bites.

17. Gunshot wounds.

18. Blunt injury.

19. Injuries from falls - falling from a standing position, falling from a height.

20. Pedestrian traffic accidents.

21. Traffic accidents of cyclists, motorcyclists and motor vehicle passengers.

22. Railway accidents.

23. Violation of health by physical noxes.

24. Basics of toxicology.

25. Damage to health by acids and alkalis, methanol and ethylene glycol.

26. Carbon monoxide, cyanide and nitrite and nitrate poisoning.

27. Poisoning by mushrooms, plant and animal poisons.

28. Forensic medicine and alcohol.

29. Poisoning by drugs and narcotic and psychotropic substances.

Last update: Procházková Helena, Bc. (02.10.2024)
Syllabus

Forensic Medicine - Syllabus

Death certification

Types of autopsies

Neonaticide

Child abuse and neglect

Doctor as witness

Doctor as expert witness

Abrasions, bruises, contusions and lacerations

Incised wounds

Bite wounds

Gunshot wounds

Head injuries

Neck and nape injuries

Chest injuries

Abdominal injuries

Spinal injuries

Downfall injuries

Traffic accidents

Identification

Exhumation

Diagnosis of death

Determination of time of death

Types of putrefaction

Asphyxia - autopsy finding

Strangulation

Covering of the nose and mouth

Traumatic asphyxia

Aspiration of foreign material

Drowning

Injury due to heat

Cold injury

Injury related to changes of atmospheric pressure

Unexpected and sudden death in adult age

Sudden death in infancy

Alcohol - medicinal aspects

General aspects of poisoning

Poisoning - murder, suicide, accident

Mushroom poisoning

Acid poisoning

Alkali poisoning

Food poisoning

Death from narcotic and hallucinogenic drugs

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Cyanide poisoning

Vital reactions

Blood staing, groups, DNA and identification

Last update: Pumrová Zuzana (25.09.2017)
 
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