Child Sexual Assault: The Acute Assessment Mary-Theresa L. Baker A child who has been sexually assaulted requires examination by the most competent medical provider available in an appropriately timely manner….
Forensic Aspects of Motor Vehicle Trauma William S. Smock Motor-vehicle–related trauma claimed 42,636 lives and injured more than 2.7 million people in the United States in 2004 (1). The majority…
Forensic Emergency Medicine: Penetrating Trauma William S. Smock Forensic emergency medicine is the application of forensic medical knowledge and appropriate techniques to living patients in the emergency department. Patients with…
Interviewing Techniques Peggy L. Johnson John S. O’Brien II Forensic Medical Interviewing Medical interviewing serves as the cornerstone for the performance of medical evaluations and the formulation of treatment plans….
The Victims of Violence Carroll Ann Ellis There is not a day that goes by that I do not see the evil face of violence that destroyed the me that…
Perpetrators John E. Douglas Mark Olshaker Where Do We Begin? Early in the 1980s, when one of the authors (JED) was conducting in-depth interviews with incarcerated serial offenders that would…
Respiratory Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation Todd W. Sarge Ray Ritz Daniel Talmor Respiratory function may be simply classified into ventilation and oxygenation, where ventilation and oxygenation are quantified by the…
Monitoring Gastrointestinal Tract Function Ruben J Azocar Suresh Agarwal Ishaq Lat Gastrointestinal system function is of paramount importance for the maintenance of the body’s homeostasis, which is not only limited…
Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit Achikam Oren-Grinberg Adam B. Lerner Daniel Talmor Echocardiography was introduced to the operating suite in the 1970s, with epicardial echocardiography as its initial application….
Neurologic and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Eric A. Bedell Donald S. Prough Options for evaluating and monitoring neurologic function have increased steadily in the past 10 years and provide the clinician…
