Understanding Necropsy Procedures
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ScribdTranslationsNECROPSY
Thanatology: It is the study of death, establishment of the time of death.
cause, mechanism and even contributing factors that participated in the death.
The basis of this is the Autopsy or Necropsy, which must be currently
understood as synonyms, this medical procedure is recorded in the illness
called necropsy protocol.
The performance of the AUTOPSY is mandatory when there is suspicion of
criminality, that is to say, when it is suspected that the death has not been a
natural death.
Natural deaths are those resulting from a pathological process,
of a disease, in which there is no intervention by an outside hand.
NECROPSY procedure through which, by observation,
intervention and analysis of a corpse, both externally and internally
taking into account, when appropriate, the examination of the evidence or
physical tests related to it, as well as the circumstances
known as prior or post-mortem, information is obtained
for scientific or legal purposes.
VISCEROTOMY. Collection of organs or sampling of any
of the anatomical components contained in the cavities of the body
human, whether for medico-legal, clinical, public health purposes,
research or teaching.
VIOLENT DEATH: THE SCENE
The scene is the place where the events take place, that is, it is the place where
There is almost all the evidence that helps us to contrast or explain the findings.
of necropsy.
In the scene, you can find hair, body hair, types of soil, fragments.
of the element that caused the damage, the blunt elements, possible locations
o elements physicists what participated in the death.
This scene information may be well taken and recorded, but
It can also have many technical errors.
We can explain through the technical documents of the scene, or
question them, or propose an alternative in the case theory.
QUESTIONING OF THE AUTOPSY PROTOCOL
The necropsy protocol is the document where the
anatomopathological findings of an autopsy, this could have been complete,
methodical and integral or not, if not, it can be questioned in its entirety or in
the interpretation of the evidence, whatever the case, we are
the main pillar for this questioning, especially when the error is
causing discomfort or detrimental evidence and harming it.
After the initial consultation, actions will be proposed to you, one of which is the
study of documents, one of which is the autopsy protocol
The autopsy can also be questioned in real time, that is to say, when
we are at the autopsy.
THE AUTOPSY, ASSISTANCE OF EXPERT WITNESSES.
The necropsy is a medical procedure, there are two types of necropsies, the
clinical necropsies and forensic ones. Clinical necropsies (those that do NOT
Forensic medical examinations) are those carried out in hospitals, they are never
criminal suspicion or intervention of third parties, the objective of this is
to thoroughly study the cause of death due to medical studies
they do not explain the death or were expecting something else. The Forensic Autopsies
they are carried out when criminality is suspected, that is, when one
suspects that an illicit act has been committed in this fatal incident. The autopsy
Forensic medicine is a medical procedure that lasts on average 3 hours, and
during this, the cavities such as the cranial, thoracic, abdominal, and
pelvic, samples of tissues are also obtained (the equivalent of a biopsy
in living tissues), these tissues are studied under the microscope by anato-
pathologists. Additionally, secretions and body fluids are obtained for
the toxicological chemical study.
The decision of which tissue to study, which secretion to evaluate, and which part to preserve
generally the official expert is taken by the doctor, if an expert from one side is present
present, this will ensure that everything incriminating is evaluated as well.
What could be used to explain the fact from another perspective.
The Exhumation and Post-Exhumation Necropsy: It is to unearth, when one
questions the suitability and/or requires further forensic studies, the
involved parties can request the exhumation, it is essential to have
with their forensic experts to ensure that it is questioned and investigated
from the perspective of their theory of the case.
The exhumation is requested by his lawyer, and the prosecutor is already involved in the execution.
cargo, with its official experts (generally those from the criminalistics department of the police,
the toxicologists of the public ministry and the police, the biologists of the ministry
public and the police and the official forensic doctor). On the other hand, you or your
lawyers only have the option to rely on us, their expert witnesses,
for this, a non-basic consultation is made, where they explain to us (sometimes it is
more than one consultation is necessary) in order to propose a strategy. Also
we handle emergencies for which we can send an expert examiner to
the exhumation without prior consultation, but it is always better if they are done
prior consultations so that our expert can be prepared with a
strategy in mind.
CLASSIFICATION OF NECROPSIES
Generally, autopsies are classified as MEDICOLEGAL and
CLINICS. They are forensic when performed for research purposes.
judicial and are clinics in other cases.
Forensic autopsies and
clinics: they can be, jointly or separately: health, educational or
investigative.
MEDICOLEGAL AUTOPSIES.
Objectives of forensic autopsies:
a) Establish the causes of death, the existence of pathologies
associated and other particularities of the individual and their environment
environment.
b) Provide the necessary information to complete the certificate of
death.
c) Verify or establish the diagnosis about the time of occurrence of the
death (diagnostic chronotanatology).
d) Contribute to the identification of the body.
e) Help to establish the circumstances under which the death occurred and the
manner in which it occurred (homicide, suicide, accident, natural or
indeterminate), as well as the mechanism or vulnerable agent.
f) Establish the probable time of life expectancy, taking into account
count the vital statistics tables of the Administrative Department
National Statistics Department, DANE, and the natural history of pathologies
associated.
g) When applicable, establish the probable time of survival and
the facts or attitudes that may occur during that period, taking into account
It describes the nature of the injuries causing death.
h) Provide information for the purposes of the expert opinion.
i) Practice visceral surgeries to collect organs or obtain samples of
anatomical components or organic liquids for teaching purposes or
investigation. Paragraph. Under no circumstances and for no reason the practice
a viscerotomy can be performed as a substitute for a
medical-legal autopsy.
The forensic autopsies will proceed mandatorily in the
following cases:
a. Homicide or suspicion of homicide.
b. Suicide or suspected suicide.
c. When it is necessary to distinguish between homicide and suicide.
d. Accidental death or suspicion of it.
e. Other deaths for which there is no clarity about their cause, or the
an autopsy is necessary to assist in the identification of a corpse
when I mediate a request for competent authority.
AUTOPSY that must be performed:
a. Deaths occurring in persons in custody carried out or ordered by
official authority, such as those deprived of liberty or those who
find under the care and supervision of entities that have as
the objective is the safeguarding and protection of individuals.
b. Deaths in which it is suspected they were caused by
occupational illness or work accident.
c. When suspecting that the death has been caused by the use of
chemical or biological agents, drugs, medications, consumer products
domestic and similar.
d. Deaths of minors when it is suspected that they were caused
for abandonment or mistreatment.
e. When it is suspected that the death may have been caused by a
medical act.
f. Death of pregnant women or of the product of conception when there is
suspicion of non-spontaneous abortion.
Prerequisites for the practice of forensic autopsies:
a. Procedures for the lifting of the corpse, preparation of the act
corresponding to the same and sending it to the expert, together with
the medical history in those cases where the deceased person had
received medical attention due to the cause of the events
death. For the above purposes it is mandatory to use the Format
National Act of Lifting the Corpse.
b. Written request from the competent authority, using for the purposes the
National Format for Death Body Lifting Record.
c. Location of the body, by an authority or other persons, in
the site that the expert considers suitable for its isolation and
protection.
Paragraph 1. When death occurs in a medical facility -
care, the doctor who diagnoses her will immediately provide the
medical history corresponding to the director of the entity or to whoever acts on their behalf
sometimes, since it constitutes an element of evidence in the field
jurisdictional must be preserved and safeguarded as such.
Paragraph 2. The request made by the competent authority referred to in the
literal. From this article, it will be appropriate in exercise of autonomy of
employee due to their duties or at the request of a third party in cases
provided for in this Decree.
The following are competent to perform forensic autopsies
professionals:
a. Medical examiners from Legal Medicine, duly authorized.
b. Doctors in compulsory social service.
c. Official Doctors.
d. Other doctors, designated to carry them out by an authority.
competent and prior to its possession for such purposes.
