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b- Resuscitation Artefacts:
Injection Marks: In cardiac region/extremities. Intra-cardiac injection
associated with bruising of heart and collection of blood in the pericardium.
Cardiac massage: Fracture of ribs, fat and bone marrow embolism during
cardiac massage.
Defibrillator application: Ring shaped bruise over the chest due to
defibrillation.
Positive pressure breathing apparatus: Acute emphysema and air in
mediastinum during application of positive pressure breathing.
c- Artefacts due to Handling of the Body:
Fractures of the cervical spine.
Bruising in occiput.
g- Miscellaneous Artefacts:
1-Animal bites under water especially by crabs maybe mistaken as stab
wounds.
2-Tissue damages by boats.
3-Dependent area flattening of cerebral hemisphere convolutions as oedema
of brain.
4-Discolouration of liver at a place of contact with large bowel- (a post-
mortem change) taken as an injury.
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Example of a new bullet: A man shot him in right temple and the bullet was
recovered from the brain. There was,however,another bullet in the stomach.
The investigation showed a row of beer cans in his house’s backyard, used
as a target. Part of the beer in the cans that had bullet holes had been
consumed. The man drank beer from each can and drank a bullet with the
beer.
Injuries such as puncture wounds and lacerations may resemble exit &
entrance wound.