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.