FORENSIC MEDICAL ASPECTS OF CASES OF FALLING FROM A HEIGHT AND FROM THE HEIGHT OF OWN GROWTH

Abstract

Based on the results of the analysis of 519 victims of falls from a height, of which 132 cases (25.4%) fell from a height of up to 3 meters and 387 cases (74.6%) fell from their own height, differential diagnostic criteria were established damage criteria. Falls from a height of one's own height in most cases are observed in people over 45 years of age, while falls from a height of up to 3 meters are observed in people under 45 years of age. When falling from a height of one's own height, among victims with a fatal outcome, death occurred in most cases on days 6-10 (25.0%), when falling from a height of up to 3 meters in the first 3 days (33.3%). In fatal falls from a height of up to 3 meters, combined injuries, closed craniocerebral injuries, open craniocerebral injuries, brain contusions, hemorrhages in the ventricles and under the membranes of the brain, internal injuries, such as blunt trauma to the abdomen, thoracic cells, ruptures and bruises of internal organs. When falling from one's own height, head injuries occur, but not in combination with injuries to internal organs.