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Water-Related Death Investigation
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Kevin L. Erskine, Erica J. Armstrong
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Water-Related Death Investigation
Practical Methods and Forensic Applications
Kevin L. Erskine, Erica J. Armstrong
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All too often, police called to the scene of a water-related death may consider it an accidental drowning before they even arrive. But the investigation of these types of deaths requires the same careful and thorough documentation as in other potentially non-natural deaths and these efforts must be carried through all stages of investigation. Water
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Introduction
7
Physiological
Effects
of
Drowning
Drowning
occurs
a
ſt
er
prolonged
submersion
in
a
liquid
such
as
water
with
gradual
reduc-
tion
in
the
blood
and
tissue/organ
oxygen
levels,
leading
to
pathophysiologic
states
referred
to
as
hypoxemia
and
hypoxia,
respectively,
and
eventually
cardiopulmonary
arrest.
Oxygen
(O
2
)
is
an
odorless
gas
produced
from
water
by
certain
bacteria,
algae,
and
plants
by
the
process
of
photosynthesis
and
released
into
the
atmosphere.
e
normal
percent-
age
of
oxygen
in
the
atmosphere
is
approximately
21%.
It
is
essential
for
the
life
of
count-
less
organisms,
both
seen
and
unseen.
Within
the
human
body,
O
2
complexes
with
the
(A)
(B)
Figure
1.2
(A)
Gross
anatomic
photograph
of
lungs
with
attached
trachea
and
right
and
left
bronchial
tubes
(opened)
and
heart
(posterior
view).
(B)
Gross
anatomic
photograph
of
lungs
with
attached
trachea
and
right
and
left
bronchial
tubes,
opened
to
reveal
rings
of
cartilage
supporting
the
trachea
and
bronchial
tubes
(posterior
view).