What Is a Forensic Medical Examiner?

Forensic autopsy is to clarify the cause of death, determine the nature of death, infer the time of injury and death, provide clues for investigating the case, obtain evidence to prove the crime, and provide court evidence for litigation and trial. At the same time, postmortem examinations accumulate a variety of pathological data to promote forensic research, improve medical standards and promote the development of clinical medicine.

Forensic autopsy

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Forensic autopsy is to clarify the cause of death, determine the nature of death, infer the time of injury and death, provide clues for investigating the case, obtain evidence to prove the crime, and provide court evidence for litigation and trial. At the same time, postmortem examinations accumulate a variety of pathological data to promote forensic research, improve medical standards and promote the development of clinical medicine.

(1) death caused by injury or suffocation due to knives, firearms, sticks and other appliances, and mechanical suffocation due to strangulation, strangulation, or suffocation of the neck;

(2) Sudden death occurred suddenly outside the hospital. Now in some areas of China, the issue of forensic examination of death outside the hospital is also stipulated in the form of local legislation;

(3) poisoning deaths caused by poisoning by accidental eating, misuse, or intentional release or release, and poisoning deaths caused by severe environmental pollution, leakage of factory toxic gas, or toxic environmental operations;

(4) An unknown body that has died for various reasons;

(5) Accidents caused by car accidents, air crashes, shipwrecks, and various accidents and incidents;

(6) deaths caused by medical accidents or deaths involving medical disputes;

(7) Others such as burned to death, lightning strike, electric shock, ancient corpses, etc.

Forensic autopsy should be conducted in a timely manner. Once the time is delayed and the body is corrupted, it will directly affect the test results. The autopsy examination environment is also very important. It is necessary to choose an inspection place with good conditions, such as good lighting, good ventilation, sufficient water, and necessary weighing tools, utensils and reagents to fix the specimen. The examination should be comprehensive and meticulous. Pay attention to the extraction of test specimens. Avoid local inspections and neglect the comprehensive inspections. Even if fatal trauma is found, full dissection should be performed, and pathological and toxicological specimens should be extracted according to the routine. Because a qualified forensic appraisal should be scientific and error-free, there must be a reliable basis to exclude and deny other possibilities at the same time as the identification.

The autopsy staff usually consists of a main examiner, one or two assistants, a recorder, and a photographer. Photos should be taken before the autopsy. At the same time, the positive and valuable negative signs seen in the examination should also be taken.

Forensic autopsy In judicial practice, especially in the detection of criminal cases or in non-criminal cases caused by disputes, forensic workers are required to do more than just issue a post-mortem report or appraisal.