Post-mortem Analysis of Burn Injury Cases in Forensic Medicine: A Medicolegal Perspective

Authors

  • Md. Syedur Rahaman Sumon Professor (CC), Department of Forensic Medicine, Bashundhara Ad-din Medical College, Bangladesh.
  • Rowshon Ara Begum Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College, Bangladesh.
  • Jannatul Ferdous Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Bashundhara Ad-din Medical College, Bangladesh.
  • Nazia Sharmin Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College, Bangladesh.
  • Md. Belayet Hossain Khan Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sir Salimullah Medical College, Bangladesh.

Keywords:

Burn, demography, cause of death, body surface involved

Abstract

Even before the primitive man learnt to use fire, he had been a victim of it. Our study was carried out for 1 year, starting from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019 at Sir Salimullah Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on burn deaths. The aim and objective of the study were to know the demographic pattern, cause of death and relation of the body surface involved.
The rate of burn death was 7.63% of the total autopsies. Male victims outnumbered female victims with a female to male ratio of approximately 2.1:1. The Majority of the cases belong to the adolescent and young adult (21- 30 years) age group. The maximum no. of victims was married. In most of the fatal period was within 6 hours. Most of the deaths occurred when >50% of TBSA is involved. Most of the victims died within 1 to 3 days. The major cause of death in burns was septicemia.

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Published

2025-08-14

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 01 (2025): International Journal of Ethics, Trauma and Victimology

Section

Research Article

How to Cite

Post-mortem Analysis of Burn Injury Cases in Forensic Medicine: A Medicolegal Perspective. (2025). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY, 11(01), 11-14. https://ijetv.org/index.php/IJETV/article/view/1203