📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
⚖️ Forensic Medicine
General Aspects of Asphyxia
- Define asphyxia.
- Define anoxia.
- Enlist causes of anoxia.
- Explain causes of asphyxia.
- Classify mechanical asphyxia.
- Describe pathophysiology of asphyxia.
- Describe general signs of asphyxia.
Hanging
- Define hanging.
- Describe causes of death in hanging.
- Explain mechanism of death in hanging.
- Describe autopsy findings in hanging.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of hanging.
Strangulation
- Define strangulation.
- Describe causes of death in strangulation.
- Explain mechanism of death in strangulation.
- Describe autopsy findings in strangulation.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of strangulation.
Drowning
- Define drowning.
- Describe causes of death in drowning.
- Explain mechanism of death in drowning.
- Describe types of drowning.
- Describe autopsy findings in drowning.
- Differentiate between ante-mortem and post-mortem drowning.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of drowning.
Suffocation, Smothering, Choking, Gagging and Overlaying
- Define suffocation and explain its medico-legal aspects.
- Define smothering.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of smothering.
- Define choking.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of choking.
- Define gagging.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of gagging.
- Define overlaying.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of overlaying.
Traumatic and Sexual Asphyxia
- Define traumatic asphyxia.
- Describe autopsy findings of traumatic asphyxia.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of traumatic asphyxia.
- Define sexual asphyxia.
- Explain medico-legal aspects of sexual asphyxia.
