Prenatal alcohol exposure is the single leading preventable cause of neuro-developmental disorders (Zagorski, 2015). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a blanket term for a number of effects that can occur in an individual who was…
In regards to Great Bodily Injury or Significant Bodily injury: Many wounds from blunt force trauma by themselves would not qualify as permanently disabling or disfiguring. The severity of the wound oftentimes is not as…
Patterned Injuries: These are injuries in which the physical characteristics of the wound match the object that cause them. They can be present in all types of injuries: This month’s…
An Abrasion is a scrape from friction between the skin and another surface. The surface does not necessarily need to be hard, but the softer it is, the more friction is needed. An example of…
Contusion: This is a bruise and is caused by an impact with a hard object or pressure that causes the blood vessels under the skin to burst and blood to leak out into the cellular…
Fatal Pediatric Head Injuries Caused by Short-Distance Falls John Plunkett, MD I recently attended a lecture given by a District Attorney that discussed the investigation of child abuse cases. These are notes taken from his…
This is the third in a three part series on child abuse. This issue covers Shaken Baby Syndrome or Abusive Head Trauma; the April issue covered Bruising and Fractures and the July issue covered Failure to Thrive, Neglect and…
Robert W. Block, MD; Nancy F. Krebs, MD; and the Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the Committee on Nutrition Note: The article referenced here is a Clinical Report by the American Academy of…
This is the first in a three part series on child abuse. This issue covers Bruising and Fractures; the July issue will cover Failure to Thrive, Neglect and Munchausen’s by Proxy; the October issue will…
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