ABOUT THE COURSE: The course covers the Injuries, their classification, Mechanical injuries, Firearm injuries, Regional Injuries and their medicolegal importance. The course is well elicited with photographs and live experience of cases on different medicolegal incidence. Medco-legal aspects of the injuries will be discussed in details imparting updated legal guidelines. The topics related to Injuries taught to undergraduate MBBS students as per revised Competency based medical education curriculum designed by the National Medical Commission 6XUC; for the Indian Medical Graduates, 2018. The course will give you an updated information about the various aspects of Injuries and help you to develop better understanding for the documentation of Medico-legal cases.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Medical Officers, Undergraduate MBBS studentsPREREQUISITES: Especially, for MBBS IInd Professional passed students
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1:Mechanical injuries and wounds: Define, describe and classify different types of mechanical injuries, abrasion, bruise, laceration, stab wound, incised wound, chop wound, defense wound, self-inflicted/fabricated wounds and their medico-legal aspects
Week 2:Mechanical injuries and wounds: Define injury, assault & hurt. Describe IPC pertaining to injuries; Mechanical injuries and wounds: Describe accidental, suicidal and homicidal injuries. Describe simple, grievous and dangerous injuries. Describe ante-mortem and post-mortem injuries
Week 3:Mechanical injuries and wounds: Describe healing ofl injury and fracture of bones with its medico-legal importance; Describe factors influencing infliction of injuries and healing, examination and certification of wounds and wound as a cause of death: primary and Secondary; Mechanical injuries and wounds: Describe and discuss different types of weapons including dangerous weapons and their examination
Week 4:Firearm injuries: Describe different types of firearms including structure and components. Along with description of ammunition propellant charge and mechanism of fire-arms, different types of cartridges and bullets and various terminology in relation of firearm - caliber, range, choking
Week 5:Firearm injuries: Describe and discuss wound ballistics-different types of firearm injuries, blast injuries and their interpretation, preservation and dispatch of trace evidences in cases of firearm and blast injuries, various tests related to confirmation of use of firearms
Week 6:Regional injuries: Describe and discuss regional injuries to head (Scalp wounds, fracture skull, intracranial hemorrhages, coup and contrecoup injuries), neck, chest, abdomen, limbs, genital organs, spinal cord and skeleton
Week 7:Regional Injuries Describe and discuss injuries related to fall from height and vehicular injuries - primary and Secondary impact, Secondary injuries, crush syndrome, railway spin
Week 8:Post-mortem examination of different types of death due to various injuries
Week 2:Mechanical injuries and wounds: Define injury, assault & hurt. Describe IPC pertaining to injuries; Mechanical injuries and wounds: Describe accidental, suicidal and homicidal injuries. Describe simple, grievous and dangerous injuries. Describe ante-mortem and post-mortem injuries
Week 3:Mechanical injuries and wounds: Describe healing ofl injury and fracture of bones with its medico-legal importance; Describe factors influencing infliction of injuries and healing, examination and certification of wounds and wound as a cause of death: primary and Secondary; Mechanical injuries and wounds: Describe and discuss different types of weapons including dangerous weapons and their examination
Week 4:Firearm injuries: Describe different types of firearms including structure and components. Along with description of ammunition propellant charge and mechanism of fire-arms, different types of cartridges and bullets and various terminology in relation of firearm - caliber, range, choking
Week 5:Firearm injuries: Describe and discuss wound ballistics-different types of firearm injuries, blast injuries and their interpretation, preservation and dispatch of trace evidences in cases of firearm and blast injuries, various tests related to confirmation of use of firearms
Week 6:Regional injuries: Describe and discuss regional injuries to head (Scalp wounds, fracture skull, intracranial hemorrhages, coup and contrecoup injuries), neck, chest, abdomen, limbs, genital organs, spinal cord and skeleton
Week 7:Regional Injuries Describe and discuss injuries related to fall from height and vehicular injuries - primary and Secondary impact, Secondary injuries, crush syndrome, railway spin
Week 8:Post-mortem examination of different types of death due to various injuries
Taught by
Prof. Mohd Kaleem Khan
