Asphyxia Flashcards
Tx in drowning
Px prone
Pressure on lower ribs 12-15x per min
Schaefer method
Tx in drowning
Swing arm forward, pressure at chest wall
Every 3-5 sec
Sylvester method
Bone involved
Hanging
Hyoid
Bone involved
Larynx
Ligature
V shaped ligature mark
Hanging
Horizontal knot same horizontal plane
Strangulation
Drowning salt v fresh
Blood chloride greater left side of heart
Salty
Drowning
Blood chloride greater at righ heart
Fresh water
Test to determine Cl content of heart ventricles
Getler test
Kunkel test
Potassium ferrocyanide test
CO
Litmus paper moistened with acetate turns black
H2S
Most Toxic and rapid acting gas
Hydrogen cyanide
Min to death for hydrogen cyanide poisoning
2-10 min
Lethal dose for h cyanide
60-90 mh
Bitter almond smell
Cyanide