Forensic Identification of Diving Deaths

Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2021 Oct 25;37(5):683-686. doi: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.400501.
[Article in English, Chinese]

Abstract

Investigation of the cause of death during diving is one of the contents of forensic pathology. In this article, relevant foreign literature is reviewed to summarize the techniques and methods used in the identification of diving deaths, such as accident reconstruction, diving monitoring data, postmortem CT examination and gas analysis (location and quantity) in the body of the corpse, in order to provide a reference for forensic identification of such cases.

潜水过程发生死亡的死亡原因调查是法医病理鉴定的内容之一。本文查阅了国外相关文献,总结鉴定潜水过程死亡原因所使用的技术及方法,如事故重建、潜水监控数据、死后CT检查及尸体体内气体分析(位置和数量)等,为此类案件法医学鉴定工作提供参考。.

Keywords: decompression sickness; forensic pathology; review; submarine medicine.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy / methods
  • Diving*
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Forensic Pathology
  • Humans
  • Postmortem Changes