title: [Cooperation between emergency and forensic medicine - retrospective evaluation of pre-hospital emergency measures].
abstract: Emergency medical research is subject to special conditions. Emergency patients e.g. are generally considered to be non-capable of giving consent. This results in sparse emergency medical data when compared to clinical observation studies under controlled conditions. After emergency medical treatment, deceased patients are not rarely subject to forensic investigation. The cooperation between emergency and forensic medicine has not only emergency medical training potential in individual cases, but also scientific innovation potential especially with respect to the retrospective evaluation of pre-hospital emergency measures. Such partnerships (like in Berlin at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin between the Institute of Legal Medicine and the Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery or in Hamburg between the Institute for Legal Medicine at the University Hospital and the Municipal Fire Brigade with the Emergency Medical Service) are yet exceptional in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Beide Autoren haben zu gleichen Teilen zum Manuskript beigetragen und teilen sich die Erstautorenschaft.
authors.forename: Claas T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Buschmann
authors.affiliation: Beide Autoren haben zu gleichen Teilen zum Manuskript beigetragen und teilen sich die Erstautorenschaft.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kleber
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsokos
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Thoralf
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kerner
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stuhr
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies