FSM 12: Heat, Cold and Electrical Trauma
Not all fatal forces are wielded by human hands. Sometimes, it is temperature or current that becomes the agent of death.
In this episode, we examine injuries and fatalities caused by extremes of heat, cold, and electricity. These mechanisms often produce distinctive patterns - yet interpretation requires careful differentiation between ante-mortem injury and post-mortem artefact.
We explore:
Heat-related injury
* Thermal burns and their classification.
* Flame, scald, contact, and flash burns.
* The distinction between vital reaction and post-mortem burning.
* Soot in airways and carbon…
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