INTRODUCTION Hanging is an infrequent but devastating cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We determine the characteristics and outcomes of hanging-associated OHCA in Melbourne Australia. METHODS A 10-year retrospective case review of all adult hangings (aged ≥16 years) associated with OHCA, was conducted using data from the Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry. RESULTS Be...

BACKGROUND Rates of suicide and undetermined death increased rapidly in Scotland in the 1980's and 1990's. The largest increases were in men, with a marked increase in rates in younger age groups. This was associated with an increase in hanging as a method of suicide. National suicide prevention work has identified young men as a priority group. Routinely collected national information suggeste...

Purpose To establish a simplified three-dimensional (3D) meibomian gland culture model using a meibomian gland epithelial cell (HMGEC) line that might be a useful tool to gain deeper insights into meibomian gland dysfunction. For this purpose, 3D differentiation patterns and growth characteristics of HMGECs were studied on various membranes/scaffolds as well as in hanging drops. Methods Sever...

OBJECTIVE Suicide remains a serious, preventable public health problem. This study aims to describe the epidemiological characteristics associated with various suicide methods and to investigate outcomes after suicide-associated sudden cardiac arrest (S-SCA), stratified by different suicide attempt methods. METHODS An S-SCA database was constructed from ambulance run sheets and augmented by a...

The implementation of an adaptive mesh embedding (h-reflnement) schemes using unstructured grid in two-dimensional Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is reported. In this technique, local isotropic refinement is used to introduce new meshes where local cell Knudsen number is less than some preset value. This simple scheme, however, has several severe consequences affecting the performa...

OBJECTIVE Although evidence suggests that there is an increase in suicide rates in the general population following celebrity suicide, the rates are heterogeneous across celebrities and countries. It is unclear which is the more vulnerable population according to the effect sizes of celebrity suicides to general population. METHODS All suicide victims in the general population verified by the...

[1] An extensive deep-tow magnetic survey of the TAG ridge segment on the MidAtlantic Ridge reveals new information about the relationship between the magnetic anomaly field and the TAG hydrothermal deposits. Results show the strongest magnetization is located over the neovolcanic axis and asymmetrically toward the western side of the central Brunhes anomaly. A well-defined linear magnetization...

From the Murder Act of 1752 until the Anatomy Act of 1832 it was forbidden to bury the bodies of executed murderers unless they had first been anatomised or 'hung in chains' (gibbeted). This paper considers some of the observations of the Wellcome-funded project 'Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse' as they relate to the practice of gibbeting. The nature of hanging in chains is briefly ...

OBJECTIVE To review the injury patterns and analyse outcomes in patients who present after near-hanging. METHODS This is a trauma registry study that included all patients who were admitted to an academic Level I trauma centre with the diagnosis of attempted suicide by hanging between January 1993 and December 2003. All patients who were dead on arrival or in cardiopulmonary arrest were exclu...

Objective: To demonstrate the significance of fused cervical vertebrae in emergency medicine practice. Case Presentation: A 35-year-old male was brought to department (ED) who attempted suicide by hanging and later found have congenital fusion vertebra C2 C3, a condition referred as - critica. This is only case report patient with critica admitted for near hanging. The intubated Portex® North P...