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Multi-System Module — 3rd Year MBBS

📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage

⚖️ Forensic Medicine

 

Negative Autopsy, Concealed Trauma and Artifacts

  • Define negative autopsy.
  • Describe causes of the negative autopsy.
  • Describe concealed trauma.
  • Describe autopsy artefacts.
  • Describe the importance of forensic artefacts.
  • Describe effect of artefacts on the opinion of post-mortem report.

Infanticide, Viability and Live Birth

  • Describe infanticide and its related law.
  • Describe the age of viability and its medico-legal significance.
  • Describe the concept of live birth and separate existence.
  • Describe the Hydrostatic test and its importance.
  • Explain cause of death, i.e. acts of commission and acts of omission.
  • Describe sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Autopsy of an Infected Body

  • Describe the protocols for autopsy of the infected dead body.
  • Describe the precautions required for autopsy of an infected person.
  • Enlist the diseases transferred during autopsy of infected dead body.

Fragmentary Remains and Mutilated Bodies

  • Describe autopsy of fragmentary remains and mutilated body.
  • Discuss the protocols adopted for autopsy of fragmentary remains.
  • Describe the samples needed for autopsy of fragmentary remains.

Embalming

  • Define Embalming.
  • Enlist the chemicals used for Embalming.
  • Describe the procedure for Embalming.
  • Describe the uses of Embalming.

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