Forensic Identification of Diving Deaths

Abstract

Investigation of the cause of death during diving is one of the contents of forensic pathology. In this article, relevant foreign literature is reviewed to summarize the techniques and methods used in the identification of diving deaths, such as accident reconstruction, diving monitoring data, postmortem CT examination and gas analysis （location and quantity） in the body of the corpse, in order to provide a reference for forensic identification of such cases.

Keywords

• forensic pathology
• submarine medicine
• decompression sickness
• review