Understanding Injuries

Asphyxiation is something that many people die off throughout the world and it is something that many people think is simply the act of suffocating...

Bite marks have now become one of the many different ways in which an assailant can be identified after an attack on another individual. Bite...

Blunt force trauma is - as its name would suggest - a severe traumatic episode caused to the body or head with the sudden introduction of a blunt...

Defensive wounds are more often than not to be found on the hands of an individual who has been attacked or involved in a fight. These wounds,...

Drowning almost always occurs as a result of an accident. It is quite a staggering and sobering thought that many of those people who drown each...

What is Electrocution? Electrocution is the sudden and involuntary introduction of large - or persistent - amounts of electricity into the human...

Entrance and exit wounds are more often than not the result of an individual being shot by an assailant with some kind of firearm. Of course...

Ligature marks are those marks made by an item of cord, rope, silk or some such material that has been used for the purposes of...

Suffocation and smothering are two ways of preventing the intake of air into the lungs via the mouth. Both of these methods have been used...

Many people throughout the Western world die every year as a result of breathing in toxic gases, which cause their lungs to fail or their hearts to...