Expert Question

1. What is the nature and severity of the bodily injuries sustained?

Circumstances of the Case

It is known from the decree that on September 16, 1999, at 5:57 AM, in the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, in the courtyard of house No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse, a high-power explosive device was detonated, as a result of which citizen Dubinina Alla Viktorovna, born 1963, sustained bodily injuries.

Research Part

From the trauma record of the trauma center of BSMP No. 3 in Volgodonsk in the name of Alla Viktorovna Dubinina, born 1963, it follows that she sought medical assistance on September 16, 1999, with complaints of pain in the buttock area.

• Trauma on September 16, 1999, thrown by the blast wave.
  • Objectively: In the area of the right buttock, there is a wound with a metal fragment at the bottom. An abrasion in the occipital region.
  • Diagnosis: Shrapnel wound of the right buttock. Abrasion of the occipital region.
• On September 18, 1999, complaints of headache, dizziness.
  • Unsteady in the Romberg position, pathological nystagmus.
  • Diagnosis: Closed Craniocerebral Injury (CCCI). Concussion.

Forensic medical expert [signature] A.N. Krasnologvinov