Head injury due to cracker blast
Other Title(s)
إصابة في الرأس بسب انفجار الألعاب النارية (المفرقعات)
Joint Authors
Devnath, Gerard P.
Sukumar, Sanjay
Kandasamy, Shanmugam
Source
Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 9 (30 Jun. 2019), pp.1268-1271, 4 p.
Publisher
Naif Arab University for Security Sciences Arab Society for Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine
Publication Date
2019-06-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Death arising from fireworks is not an uncommon phenomenon in India.
Deaths commonly arise during the manufacturing process and improper handling of chemicals for fireworks.
Here, we would like to highlight a rare case in which a 12-year-old child sustained a head injury due to a cracker blast, which resulted in a depressed fracture over the vault of her skull.
In this paper, we tried to emulate the same pattern of fracture on a human skull bone experimentally using the same type of cracker which caused the injury.
This was done to give us an insight as to whether the cracker was powerful enough to produce a fracture and to rule out suspicion of blunt force trauma due to a weapon on the head.
The subsequent explosion caused by the blast produced a distinctly similar pattern of fracture in comparison to the fracture observed in our case.
The study also highlights the dangers of country-made crackers handled by children.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Devnath, Gerard P.& Sukumar, Sanjay& Kandasamy, Shanmugam. 2019. Head injury due to cracker blast. Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine،Vol. 1, no. 9, pp.1268-1271.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1086392
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Devnath, Gerard P.…[et al.]. Head injury due to cracker blast. Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine Vol. 1, no. 9 (2019), pp.1268-1271.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1086392
American Medical Association (AMA)
Devnath, Gerard P.& Sukumar, Sanjay& Kandasamy, Shanmugam. Head injury due to cracker blast. Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine. 2019. Vol. 1, no. 9, pp.1268-1271.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1086392
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Record ID
BIM-1086392