Day 10

February 8th, 2010
Case 1
Caucasian M, approx 45 YO
Ingested Drano
COD poisoning (suicide)

Case 2
Caucasian M, approx 55 YO
Fall
Hx ethanol abuse, intravenous drug use
COD blunt force trauma to skull

Case 3
Caucasian M, approx 40 YO
MV vs. Pedestrian
COD blunt force trauma

Case 4
Caucasian M, approx 55 YO
Poss. OD
COD TBD

Case 5
Caucasian M, approx 75 YO
Slip/fall
COD blunt force trauma

Black M, approx 20 YO
Homicide GSW
Deceased had 3 bullet wounds to upper/lower torso
Long vert. scar on lower abd, recent
Hx indicated that the deceased had been shot previously to this incident.
First bullet passed through heart, both lungs; second punctured bowel; multiple other injuries to internal organs.
One bullet recovered from T4 vertebra, found to be from prior shooting.
COD homicide GSW

Hispanic M, approx 35 YO
Homicide GSW
Deceased had multiple bullet wounds
Deceased was lured to abandoned apartment building by a woman, who planned to have her boyfriend rob him. The decedent resisted, was shot twice by the boyfriend.
First bullet passed through heart, L lung, transected spinal cord.
COD homicide GSW w/ massive hemorrhage

Drano guy sparked an unusual conversation. At some point, somewhere in this country, a man found that he was very constipated. The man was later admitted to the ED and soon died. He had given himself a Drano enema. This is not a medically recommended method of staying alive or of having an intact GI tract that doesn’t look like charcoal.

Thus:

Rectal FBs (Or, Someone, Somewhere, Put This in Their Butt.)

Pickle jar
Trailer hitch
38 ping pong balls
6 tennis balls
Glass Coke bottle
12 Barbie Doll heads
Paper towel tube/hamster (now dead)
Ruler
Handgun
23 Sharpie markers
48 various needles and pins
Ceramic teacup
Terra-cotta pipe
PVC pipe
Axe handle
4 lightbulbs
Bundle of twigs
Dull knife
Inflated balloon
3 pool balls
12 rose stems
Onion
Curling iron
Air pump
Nailgun
Shampoo bottle
Bundle of fabric (previously set on fire)
Parsnip
Plantain (w/ condom)
Cow horn
Snuffbox
Ice pick
14 toothbrushes
Salami
One dozen eggs
402 pebbles
Magazine
Jeweler’s saw
Perfume bottle
Backscratcher
Flashlight
2 beer bottles
Tire iron
Car gearshift (still attached to car)
15 razor blades
Cement enema (hardened)