Forensic and Investigative Science FIS 20500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Blunt Trauma, Anatomical Pathology, Medical Examiner

• School: IUPUI
• Department: Forensic and Investigative Science
• Course: Forensic and Investigative Science FIS 20500
• Professor: Gina Londino

Document Summary

Medical specialty originally designed to study the structural and morphological changes to the body as a result of a disease state. Ex- study cells and tissues, biopsy as to how diseases affect the body. Determine or estimate postmortem interval of death (pmi) If you kill yourself, your spouse may not get your life insurance policy. Primary and secondary case as to how the individual died. Ex- if a young girl dies in the woods an autopsy may be needed because it seems suspicious. If i have a heart attack my first cause is the heart attack and the secondary cause may be obesity. Cause of death is divided into the primary and secondary causes of death. Primary cause of death is the immediate cause of death. Secondary cause of death includes conditions that are not related to the primary cause of death but contribute substantially to the individual"s demise.