Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Med Leg J. 2020 Sep;88(3):169-171. doi: 10.1177/0025817219876094. Epub 2020 Mar 31.
A 27-year-old female student was found dead inside the bathroom of her university hostel. The body was in a prone position with her neck over-flexed on to her trunk. The medico-legal autopsy found features of asphyxia. Multiple lacerated wounds were present on the occipital region of scalp. The cause of death was opined as positional asphyxia following an accidental fall and blunt trauma to the head. In this case, concussion due to blunt trauma to the head may have precluded any self-rescue efforts by the victim from the floor leading to positional asphyxia.
一名 27 岁的女学生被发现在其大学宿舍的浴室中身亡。尸体呈俯卧位，颈部过度弯曲到躯干上。法医尸检发现有窒息的特征。头皮枕部有多处裂伤。死因被推断为意外摔倒后头部受到钝器创伤导致的位置性窒息。在这种情况下，头部受到钝器创伤导致的脑震荡可能使受害者无法从地板上自救，从而导致位置性窒息。
