THE FORENSIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BURN INJURY CRITERIA

Аннотация

In the modern world there is a constant increase in the number of fires in residential and industrial premises, transport, which leads to injuries and often fatalities [4,15]. According to data of the summary reports on activity of territorial bureaus of forensic-medical examination of the Russian Federation at fires from thermal traumas and carbon monoxide poisoning 15 918 persons were lost in 2000 and 16 416 - in 2008. It makes about 3 % from all forensic medical autopsies [5]. A similar situation is typical for the Republic of Tajikistan [11]. By now, the causes, pathogenesis, pathomorphosis [6, 12], clinical and morphological features [1, 10], epidemiology of thermal injuries [5], combined effects of thermal and carbon monoxide [7, 9], injuries caused by mechanical effects of falling parts of a burning building and various objects [14] have been studied in sufficient detail. KEYWORDS Burn injuries, mechanical impact, thermal injuries. Volume 04 Issue 03-2022 65 The American Journal of Medical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN – 2689-1026) VOLUME 04 ISSUE 03 Pages: 65-69 SJIF IMPACT FACTOR (2020: 5. 286) (2021: 5. 64) (2022: 6. 319) OCLC – 1121105510 METADATA IF – 7.569 Publisher: The USA Journals