Manual of Forensic Emergency Medicine is a comprehensive guide to the clinical approach to criminal illness and injury. This resource offers emergency care professionals the knowledge needed to make an accurate diagnosis of abuse, neglect, sexual assault or other conditions in which forensic investigation is needed. This book offers information on victim services and resources available for patients, as well as relevant aspects of the legal system. This essential guide contains color photos, a forensic glossary, and forensic forms that can be used in a clinical practice.

Key Topics include:

Forensic Documentation
Firearms
Evidence Collection in the ED
Gang Violence

Chapter 1 Forensic Emergency Medicine
Ralph Riviello, MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM
Chapter 2 Forensic Nursing in the Emergency Department
Kathleen Brown, RN, PhD
Chapter 3 Suicide
Pierre Detiege, MD, Matthew Brooks, MD
Chapter 4 Evidence Collection and Preservation in the ED
Shannon Maier, MS, BSN, RN, Jennifer Barger, MS, BSN, RN
Chapter 5 DNA
Mahshid Abir, MD
Chapter 6 Forensic Toxicology
Paul Francis Kolecki, MD, FACEP
Chapter 7 Forensic Photography
William Green, MD, Elliot Schulman, MD, MPH
Chapter 8 Forensic Bite Mark Evidence
Allyson Kreshak, MD, Scott Brown, MD
Chapter 9 Forensic Documentation
Ralph Riviello, MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM
Chapter 10 Blunt Force Trauma
Paul Ko, MD, Christine Dang, MD
Chapter 11 Sharp Force Injury
Marianne Hamel, MD, PhD
Chapter 12 Firearms
Ralph Riviello, MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM
Chapter 13 Gunshot/Shotgun Injuries
Ronald Sing, DO, FACS, J. Michael Sullivan, MD
Chapter 14 Mechanisms of Injury Related to Motor Vehicle Crashes
Edward Dickinson, MD, FACEP
Chapter 15 Sexual Assault
William Green, MD
Chapter 16 Interpersonal Violence
Janelle Martin, MD
Chapter 17 Male Interpersonal Violence Overview
Mark Zwanger, MD
Chapter 18 Physical Child Maltreatment
Raquel Mora, MD
Chapter 19 Pediatric Sexual Abuse: Evaluation in the Emergency Department
Amita Sudhir, MD, Sarah Anderson, PhD, RN, William Brady, MD
Chapter 20 Elder Abuse and Neglect
Matthew Bartholomew, MD, FAAEM, Jean Cheek, RN, FNE, Jennifer Hoyt, MD
Chapter 21 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Jennifer Sellakumar Tom, MD, Ron Hall, MD, Neil Gandhi, MD
Chapter 22 Youth and Gang Violence: Identification and Prevention Strategies
Jayne Batts, MD, S. Ivan Riley, MD
Chapter 23 Suspect Evaluation and Evidence Collection
Bohdan Mineczak, MS, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAAEM
Chapter 24 Forensics for EMS
James McCans, MS, NREMT-P
Chapter 25 In-Custody Death
Theodore Corbin, MD, Kenneth Lavelle, MD, NREMT-P