Forensic Medicine

Syllabus

All lectures and practical courses are focused on essential forensic topics, including the presentations of huge photo collections of important forensic findings. The knowledge of these findings is necessary for exam passing. Also, the presentation of the cases from practice completes all the lessons.   

Lectures:

Asphyxia. Carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon dioxide poisoning. Sudden and unexpected death from natural causes in adults. Sudden natural death in childhood. Identification. Hypothermia. Hyperthermia. Electrocution. Forensic radiology. Child abuse.

Lecturers: prof. Petr Hejna, M.D., Ph.D., MBA

Lenka Zátopková, M.D., Ph.D.

Michaela Ublová, M.D., Ph.D.

Štěpánka Kučerová, M.D., Bc., Ph.D.

Dalibor Kovařík, M.D.  

Practical courses:

Forensic medicine. Types of autopsies. The external investigation of an assaulted person. Exhumation. The signs of death. Changes after death. Death certification protocol. Estimating the time of death.

Blunt force injuries. Sharp force injuries. Post-mortem injuries. Supravital reaction. Vital reaction.

Firearm injuries.

Alcohol – blood levels. Alcoholic beverages. Poisoning by ethanol and methanol. The principle of the gas chromatography. Calculation of alcoholaemia. Medicolegal aspects of alcoholic intoxication.

Autopsy – demonstration. Medicolegal terminology and presentation of unusual cases from medicolegal practice.

Motor vehicle collisions.

Teachers: prof. Petr Hejna, M.D., Ph.D., MBA

Lenka Zátopková, M.D., Ph.D.

Michaela Ublová, M.D., Ph.D.

Štěpánka Kučerová, M.D., Bc., Ph.D.

Dalibor Kovařík, M.D.

Michaela Valdová, M.D.

Annotation

Death, changes after death, autopsy, identification, wounds, natural death, ballistics, traffic injury, blood prints, forensic alcohology, sudden death, sudden infant death syndrome, violent death, poisons, suffocation, strangulation, drowning, laboratory methods, Death certification. Entrance conditions: No pre-requisite. Study outputs:

1. Student gets basic theoretical knowledge of forensic medicine except for applying to the cases from practice.

2. Student will understand the essential forensic medicine findings in the big group of professional photos.

3. Student will participate in the autopsy room demonstration showing the forensic results.

4. Student will be able to provide the crucial mathematics calculation concerns on forensic alcohology.