An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height

Grzegorz Teresiński; Anna Milaszkiewicz; Tomasz Cywka

doi:10.5114/amsik.2016.66397

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Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology

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An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height

Grzegorz Teresiński

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,

Anna Milaszkiewicz

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,

Tomasz Cywka

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Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University in Lublin, Poland

Arch Med Sąd Kryminol 2016; 66 (3): 133-140

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/amsik.2016.66397

Online publish date: 2017/03/15

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Teresiński G, Milaszkiewicz A, Cywka T. An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height. Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i  Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology. 2016:133-140. doi:10.5114/amsik.2016.66397.

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Teresiński, G., Milaszkiewicz, A.,  & Cywka, T. (2016). An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height. Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i  Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 133-140. https://doi.org/10.5114/amsik.2016.66397

Chicago

Teresiński, Grzegorz, Anna Milaszkiewicz,  and Tomasz Cywka. 2016. "An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height". Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i  Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology: 133-140. doi:10.5114/amsik.2016.66397.

Harvard

Teresiński, G., Milaszkiewicz, A.,  and Cywka, T. (2016). An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height. Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i  Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, pp.133-140. https://doi.org/10.5114/amsik.2016.66397

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Teresiński, Grzegorz et al. "An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height." Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i  Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2016, pp. 133-140. doi:10.5114/amsik.2016.66397.

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Teresiński G, Milaszkiewicz A, Cywka T. An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height. Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i  Kryminologii/Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology. 2016:133-140. doi:10.5114/amsik.2016.66397.

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Aim of the study: One of the basic issues discussed in forensic literature regarding falls from a height is determination of fall heights and differentiation between suicidal and accidental falls. The aim of the study was to verify the usefulness of the available methods for the purposes of forensic expertises.

Material and methods: The study encompassed fatalities of falls from a height whose autopsies were performed in the Department of Forensic Medicine in Lublin.

Results: Similarly to other authors, the severity of injuries was assessed using the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and injury severity score (ISS). The study findings demonstrated a statistically significant correlation between the fall height and the severity of injuries according to ISS and a statistically significant difference in fall heights between the groups of accidents and suicides.

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An analysis of the relationship between bodily injury severity and fall height in victims of fatal falls from height

Grzegorz Teresiński 1 , Anna Milaszkiewicz 1 , Tomasz Cywka 1

fall from a height, suicide, accident, Abbreviated Injury Scale, Injury Severity Score, forensic expertise

Grzegorz Teresiński

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,

Anna Milaszkiewicz

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,

Tomasz Cywka

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