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Tag Archives: DUI

How Can a Forensic Nurse Help in Your DUI Case?

Assault, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, General Medical, Homicide, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

DUI Prevalence According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2020, there were 11,654 deaths from drunk driving crashes, which equates to one person every 45 minutes and/or 32 people per day. This…

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Alcohol Intoxication or Medical Issue?

Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Alcohol, trauma, or underlying medical condition? The legal limit of blood alcohol content is set by the US Department of Motor Vehicles at 0.08%. However, not everyone presents the same way clinically, as different individuals…

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Auto Brewery Syndrome

Criminal Law, DUI, General MedicalBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

What is ABS? Auto brewery syndrome is a rare condition in which the gastrointestinal system produces ethanol through fermentation by fungi or bacteria in the gut. Normal digestion does produce some ethanol, but this process…

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The Danger of Microsleep

DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

What is a Microsleep? Have you ever been sitting in front of your computer and dozed off for a brief second, only to be jerked awake by a head-snap? If so, you have experienced a…

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Diabetes Complications – Mimics To DUI?

Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Diabetes The American Diabetes Association (ADA) reports that there are 30.3 million American adults with diabetes. This is approximately 9.4% of the American population.  The ADA also reports that 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with…

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Shock in Criminal Cases

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Domestic Violence, DUI, Emergency Department, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

In April, I covered delirium and noted that there are many underlying etiologies that can cause it. One such etiology is hypoperfusion. When the blood flow is cut off to the vital organs, the body…

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Delirium: What role does it play in criminal cases? {DUI/Gen Med}

Assault, Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI, Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Criminal), General Medical, Homicide, Mitigation, Neonaticide/Filicide, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

In many of our cases we come across symptoms of delirium and are asked to determine if they are due to the assumed etiology, like alcohol or drug intoxication; or from something else, like seizures,…

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5 Things Criminal Attorneys Should Know About…Diabetes

Assault, DUI, General Medical, Psych/Mental HealthBy Tara Godoy

This is the 5th out of 6 in this series of “5 things criminal attorneys should know about…” which I first posted a few years ago. Each month I highlight some areas of medicine that…

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5 Things Criminal Attorneys Should Know About…Seizures

Blunt Force Trauma, Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

For the next few months I’ll post “5 things criminal attorneys should know about …” and highlight some areas of medicine that often cross into the criminal fields. I did this series a few years…

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Benzodiazepines “Downers” {Mental Health/Toxicology}

DUI, General Medical, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

Benzodiazepines, or “Benzos” are a class of drug that commonly pop up in the criminal cases that we review. These sedative “Downers” are commonly prescribed for a variety of maladies; knowledge about the side effects…

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Diabetes in DUI cases {DUI/Gen Med}

DUI, General MedicalBy Tara Godoy

Hypoglycemia and Ketoacidosis (ketones) are commonly seen in DUI cases as potential defenses for diabetes patients. Learn when you can and can’t use it.

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Liver Disease: Educating Patients

Criminal Law, DUI, Malpractice, Mitigation, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

On the day prior to his arrest, Mr. Smith went to see a psychiatrist and was placed on Wellbutrin. The doctor claimed to have considered the interactions of his medications and the hepatotoxic potential, yet…

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