Schedule

*SCHEDULE*
7:15	-	7:45	Registration
7:45	-	9:30	"Slovenly Sleuthing in the ED and the ICU" Cause and Manner of Death Importance of Certain Specimens and Preservation of Evidence Importance of “original blood” specimen and critical nature of proper labeling Gastric washings or vomited material • Hematomas and large blood clots Head and facial hair (gunshot residue for range of fire?) • Head hair (repeated drug abuse?) Blood for carbon monoxide • Paint chips and headlight glass (which vehicle?) Substance allegedly abused (what was it?) Chain of Custody Proper Handling of Clothing in Violent or Suspicious Death Cases Postmortem Care and Documentation in Special Cases How to handle the body to make it possible to determine: Chest tube hole vs. chest tube placed through bullet wound? • Hospital needle puncture vs. one that was self-inflicted? • Surgical incision vs. an incision made through a wound? • Airway in the esophagus, deliberately or inadvertently? • No urine vs. catheterized without documentation? • No internal bleeding vs. blood previously drained?
9:30	-	9:45	Break
9:45	-	11:30	Forensic Potpourri Asphyxia: Strangulation, Choking, Auto-erotic deaths Burns, Fire, and Arson • Forensic Toxicology • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
11:30	-	12:30	Lunch (on your own)
12:30	-	1:30	Motor Vehicle Deaths Questions To Be Answered: Who was driving? Was it accidental, homicide, or suicide? Did natural disease cause the crash? Wound patterns and medicolegal evidence Importance of documentation in the ED
1:30	-	1:45	Break
1:45	-	2:15	Expert Witness Testimony Practical advice on how to communicate with the jury …and be careful of lawyers (from an MD with thousands of hours of courtroom experience)
2:15	-	3:30	Medical Photography and Documentation Photography has been widely used for decades in cosmetic, maxillofacial, and other specialties. With impending changes in reimbursement for complications of medical care and hospitalization (e.g. decubiti), it will be increasingly important to document conditions at the time of admission. Topics include: perspective, scale, lighting, “walk-up” sequences, and thinking ahead