1. By Dr. Amina Afzal Rao. KMS Medical College, Sialko t.

2.  AUTHORITY MUST BE CHECKED  THOROUGH SCRUITINY OF POLICE PAPERS  TAKE A DETAILED HISTORY  PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY  COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF CLOTHES  POST MORTEM STAINING  WHOLE BODY TO BE EXAMINED

3. IF THERE IS SLIGHTEST SUSPICION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. DO NOT WASH THE BODY.TAKE THE SWABS FIRST.EXAMINATION OF LIGATURE.NEVER UNTIE THE KNOT.LIGATURE MARK

4. HOW TO COLLECT FIBER. NECK MUST BE OPENED AT THE END. Y SHAPED INCISSION. HYOID BONE. PLACING BACK OF HYOID BONE.VISCRAES TO CHEMICAL EXAMINER.CHAIN OF CUSTODY

5. ANOXIA. TYPES OF ANOXIA ANOXIC ANOXIA ANAEMIC ANOXIA STAGNANT ANOXIA HISTO TOXIC ANOXIA -ENVIRONMENTAL ASPHYXIA. INTRDOUCTION.HISTORY.GASES CO2, CO,SO2, METHANE, H2S

6. SOURCES OF GASES :- AUTOPSY FINDINGS:-.NSPFA.SPECFIC FINDINGS MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS

7. CLASSIFICATION OF MECHANICAL ASPHYXIA LEVEL TYPE OF MECHANICAL ASPHYXIA NOSE AND MOUTH -SUFFOCATIONS (SMOTHERING AND GAGGING) GLOTTIS HANGING LARYNX AND TRACHEA STRANGULATION,THROTTLING TRACHEA AND CHOKING MAIN BRONCHUS

8. MUSCLES OF TRAUMATIC ASPHYXIA RESPIRATION COMPLEX MANNER AUTO EROTIC

9. SUFFOCATION. INTRODUCTION. TYPES SMOTHERING. DEFINITION. AUTOPSY FINDINGS. CLOTHES. NSPFA

10. SPECFIC FINDINGS:-. AT THE LOCUS EXTERNAL INTERNAL AWAY FROM THE LOCUS MECHANISM OF DEATH MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS

11. HANGING:-. INTRODUCTION. PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY. TYPES. COMPLETE. INCOMPLETE/ PARTIAL. TYPICAL. A TYPICAL. JUDICAL HANGING

12. MECHANISM OF DEATH. VAGAL STIMULATION AND CARDIAC INHIBITION. CEREBRAL ANOXIA. ASPHYXIA. FRACTURE DISLOCATION OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAE AND DISLOCATION

13. AUTOPSY FINDINGS :-. CLOTHES. NSPFA. POST MORTEM STAINING. FACE.

14. . AT THE LOCUS. EXTERNAL LIGATURE LIGATURE MARK. INTERNAL. AWAY FROM THE LOCUS EXTERNAL INTERNAL

15. MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS HOMICIDAL/ SUICIDAL /ACCIDENTAL ANTE MORTEM/POST MORTEM

16. LIGATURE STRANGULATION.INTRODUCTION. DIFINITION. AUTOPSY FINDINGS.CLOTHES.NSPFA. FACE.. AT THE LOCUS

17. . EXTERNAL LIGATURE LIGATURE MARK. INTERNAL. AWAY FROM THE LOCUS EXTERNAL INTERNAL

18. MECHANISM OF DEATH. VAGAL STIMULATION AND CARDIAC INHIBITION. CEREBRAL ANOXIA. ASPHYXIA

19. MANUAL STRANGULATION ( THROTTLING). INTRODUCTION. DIFINITION. AUTOPSY FINDINGS.CLOTHES.NSPFA. FACE.. AT THE LOCUS (ON NECK)

20. .EXTERNAL. INTERNAL.AWAY FROM THE LOCUS EXTERNAL INTERNAL

21. MECHANISM OF DEATH. VAGAL STIMULATION AND CARDIAC INHIBITION. CEREBRAL ANOXIA. ASPHYXIA MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS HOMICIDAL / ACCIDENTAL / SUICIDAL FRACTURE OF HYOID BONE IMPORTANCE OF FRACTURE OF HYOID BONE IN PORTIFIED DEAD BODIES.

22. HEART