title: [Fatalities after injuries by wild animals].
abstract: The article summarises three fatalities after attacks by wild animals. The first case describes a 90-year-old woman who died as a result of pneumonia after a bear fell on her and caused multiple chest fractures. The second case deals with a 76-year-old woman who was hit in the middle face by the hoof of a camel and, thereafter, died of myocardial infarction. The third case describes a 27-year-old biologist who died from severe blunt trauma after an attack of a wild living elephant. The article gives a summary of typical injury patterns of selected wild animals and outlines potential reasons of death as a result of the injuries.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Breitmeier
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fieguth
authors.forename: Hans Dieter
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Tröger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002162:Camelus; D003644:Death Certificates; D004606:Elephants; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D001503:Ursidae