title: [Unusual fatalities caused by glass splinter injury].
abstract: In the case of a thorax stab wound and an intrapulmonal position of the glass fragment (fall from a ladder into a glass door) an extrathoracic cardiac massage had been carried out. The result of which, an extremely unusual "reanimationtrauma" and the problems connected with it are discussed. In another case of a stab wound of the right iliacal vessels and the position of the glass fragment in the minor pelvis (jump through a thermopane glass of a door, followed by a fight) investigations were first conducted because of the suspicion of manslaughter. The autopsy, however, completely excluded death through fault of another. Further an unusual figured glass cut wound on the left side of the head (fall into a glass brick wall) led to death through gradual bleeding. The question arose whether death was caused by failure to give assistance.
authors.affiliation: Gerichtsärztlichen Dienst, Behörde für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales, Freien und Hansestadt, Hamburg.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Ungewöhnliche Todesfälle durch Glassplitterverletzung.