Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Mortality Profile of Thermal Burns: A Postmortem Study in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru

  • Author:
  • G Jayaprakash1, SK Karthik2,, BM Nagaraj3, Mohana J Velu2, Divya Kumari4
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 142 to 146

1Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, ACS Medical College, Chennai

2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

3Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

4Post Graduate, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. S K Karthik Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic medicine and toxicology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bengaluru. E-mail: ssskkarthik4@gmail.com

Online published on 2 January, 2016.

Abstract

The present study is an epidemiological profile of the unnatural death cases resulting from burns brought to the mortuary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar medical college, Bengaluru over a four year period from January 2011 to December 2014. This study explores the age-gender distribution, socio-economic status, place of occurrence, survival period, smell of kerosene and status of clothes over the body, degree of burns, total body surface area involved, manner of death and cause of death. The results of this study provides the necessary information to develop proper burn prevention, thereby reducing the frequency of burns and burn related deaths.

Keywords

Thermal burns, Burn deaths, Epidemiology, Postmortem, Manner of death, Causes of death