Presentation brainstorming

[Agent Splat]

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Hey guys,
I'm doing a month rotation at the ME's office doing autopsies. They'll want me to do a presentation to them on a topic that relates to both emergency medicine (which I'm going into) and path/forensics. Naturally I'd prefer to keep it more on the emergency medicine side, and I think that's what they're looking for too. Something that will be pertinent but overall be useful for my own education. Etc etc.

Obviously I don't want anyone to do my homework for me, but I'm hoping for some ideas to get my brain moving as I'm coming off 2 months of vacation!

Some thoughts I had were on more modern topics involving new side airbags in cars or things to that effect (though I'm not sure how relevant that will be, nor if I'll find any good info). But anything else that might be moderately enlightening to them from our side of medicine would be helpful.

Don't need concrete ideas, but if you guys have a got any thoughts to get my brain juices going again let me know! Thanks!

 

[LadyGrey]

It's the same general pool of topics, right? Anything that can land you in the ED can also land you in the ME's office; just depends on how bad it is.

What about indications for/controversy surrounding ED thoracotomy?

Or, compare and contrast which is more unrealistic, the hospital tv shows or the forensic tv shows. 😉

 

[EMbound08]

I'd focus on tox. Maybe "Toxicologic Causes of Sudden Death"... or "Post-mortem Toxicologic Diagnostics".... or "Which drug killed grandma?" 🙂

 

[Flopotomist]

How about identification of abuse (elder/child). Contrast injury patterns in abuse versus accidents maybe? Dunno how big your presentation needs to be.

 

[RxnMan]

...They'll want me to do a presentation to them on a topic that relates to both emergency medicine (which I'm going into) and path/forensics. Naturally I'd prefer to keep it more on the emergency medicine side, and I think that's what they're looking for too. Something that will be pertinent but overall be useful for my own education. Etc etc...

Management of GSWs/stabbings with preserving/interpreting the evidence - defensive wounds, star patterns in close-range GSWs, gunpowder residue.