Injuries due to Heat

Thermal fatalities in Pretoria: A 5-year retrospective review

“…Autopsy findings in burn fatalities are highly variable and depend on the cause of injury, duration of exposure and temperature of the heat source and on whether the death was immediate or delayed [ [17], [18], [19]]. The cause and mechanism of death is not always apparent and in such cases oxygen deficiency, inhalation heat shock, acute or primary shock and laryngospasm should be considered [17,[19], [20], [21]].…”