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Death by Blunt Force Trauma

Delivering a crushing blow to the skull.


Posted: Monday, January 28, 2008
Updated: July 8th, 2008 05:27 PM GMT-05:00

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DR. DOUG HANSON
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Doug Hanson, Ph.D. is a Ph.D. Biochemist who has operated toxicology and analytical chemistry laboratories for over 25 years. He is also a freelance writer who has written extensively for law enforcement, EMS and first responder magazines. His areas of expertise and written articles include: forensic investigation, DNA analysis, blood spatter, trace analysis, toxicology, drug and analytical chemistry, and forensic anthropology among others. He has written about car bombs, IEDs, soft targets, biological and chemical agents and attack scenarios. He has written on juvenile arson and illegal meth labs. Doug has written and published a book entitled The Eider Files, a novel about bioterrorism.

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Posted by Jose L. Pena in Harlingen, Texas 78553
(12/05/08 - 03:29 PM)
death as a result of a blunt force trauma to the head
can a young child under 4 years of age die of a blunt force trauna to the head as a result of falling off the stairs two story high?



Posted by Matthew L
(01/28/09 - 11:26 AM)
Hello,
I have a work of fiction in which a person's head is caved in, from behind, with the round base of a heavy statue. In the story there is no blood from the injury and the victim dies. Is this realistic?

Thank you very much for your time.



Posted by Matthew L
(01/28/09 - 11:31 AM)
Hello,
I have a work of fiction in which a person's head is caved in, from behind, with the round base of a heavy statue. In the story there is no blood from the injury and the victim dies. Is this realistic?

Thank you very much for your time.



Posted by Matthew J Cavalier in ny, ny
(03/13/09 - 11:38 AM)
blunt force head trama
is it possible to sustain a blunt force head trama by going through the windshield in a car accident that will kill you instantly, before you land after you go through the windshield? trying to convince the kids to always put their seat belts on. thanks in advance



Posted by Rick Lodge in Orlando, Fl
(03/16/09 - 09:57 AM)
blunt force trauma vs cardiac arrest
My son was in a fight which caused him to fall to the ground and hit his head. The coronor as has listed blunt force trauma on the death certificate but the hospital of treatment has cardiac arrest on his records after him being given a double dose of some kind of sedative. He was supposedly awake and combative. Does this type of trauma cause cardiac arrest?



Posted by Dan Burkett in McMinnville TN
(04/11/09 - 12:30 PM)
Blunt force trauma
My wife's grandmother died from a head injury. We were told by her granddaughter that she fell but she didn't actually witness the fall. Her brain was moved 1.2 cm from the impact and she never regained consciousness and later died from brain damage. Can a simple fall produce that kind of blunt force trauma?
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