GMS6351
Core Course
Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Utley
This course will explain the differences between trauma to soft tissue and trauma to bone and how to distinguish between each. Ante-, peri-, or post-mortem trauma will be compared to natural taphonomic effects and animal scavenging.
Objectives:
- Explain the differences between sharp force trauma, blunt force trauma, and
gunshot wounds in the human body - Know the differences between trauma to soft tissue and trauma to bone
- Distinguish between ante- or peri-mortem trauma and post-mortem trauma
- Distinguish between trauma and animal scavenging or predation
- Understand the principles of taphonomy and how trauma differs
Topics:
Week # |
Module and Topics |
| 1 | Module 1: Introduction to Trauma |
| 2 | Module 2: Postmortem Changes and Time Since Death |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Module 3: Sharp Force Trauma |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Module 4: Blunt Force Trauma |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Module 5: Gunshot Wounds |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Module 6: Asphyxial Trauma |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Module 7: Special Topics on Traumatic Death |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Module 8: Sexual Trauma |
| 15 | Final Exam |