Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 4

Forensic Examination of Living Persons with Blunt Trauma of Some External Respiration Organs

  • Author:
  • Vasil Olkhovsky1, Oleksandr Kliuiev2, Mykola Gubin3, Ella Simakova Yefremian4, Vadim Khosha5
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 1940 to 1943

1Professor, Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Law, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

2Professor, Doctor of Sciences of Law, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Director of Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Kharkiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

3PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Law, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

4Senior Scientist, Doctor of Sciences of Law, Deputy Director on Scientific Work, Hon. Prof. M. S. Bokarius Kharkiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

5Candidate of Sciences of Law (PhD), Head of Postgraduate Department, Hon. Prof. M.S. Bokarius Kharkiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

Based on retrospective morphological and clinical analysis of archival materials of Kharkiv Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination, the frequency and types of injuries of some external respiration organs were determined at the examination of living persons. Peculiarities of forensic expert evaluation in determining the severity of bodily injuries associated with injuries of external respiration organs were described. Ways of improving the quality of forensic expert diagnostics of specified trauma were determined.

Keywords

Forensic medical examination, bodily injuries, respiratory tract injuries, severity of bodily injuries