Dec
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Death Investigation in the Elderly
December 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
For those of you working the death investigation field, RTI has several online courses available, including Death Investigation in the Elderly (PDF). I am particularly interested in this one because it includes a section on the physiology of aging, which I think is useful for those outside the death investigation field, as well. The course is [...]
Sep
4
Articles of Note: August/September Edition
September 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
How is it possible I went most of the summer without posting one of these? Embarrassing. What follows is what’s caught my eye from the August/September/October journals (with a couple of late July articles tossed in for good measure). As always, this is not an exhaustive list, but I do have to say, it’s a pretty [...]
Jun
21
Suicide Investigation: Methods, Notes and More
June 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The 2nd in IAFN’s 2012 webinar series will be held July 10th at 11am ET. Suicide Investigation: Methods, Notes and More will be presented by Bobbi Jo O’Neal, a forensic nurse death investigator many of you have probably heard speak in the past. Cost is $15/members ($30/non-members) and nets you 1 CEU for your time.
May
11
IAFN Webinar Series
May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget we have a giveaway going on through May 25th! IAFN has announced its 2012 webinar series. Webinars are $15 each for members ($30 for non-members) and will garner nurses 1 CEU. Click through to see the schedule and (awesome) topics.
Nov
3
Articles of Note: October/November 2011
November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment
It’s time once again for Articles Note. These are a selection from the late September, October and November peer-reviewed journals that feel particularly relevant to our practice. Remember, it’s in no way a comprehensive or exhaustive list, but it’s an excellent place to start. The majority of the links will take you to PubMed. There [...]
Jun
29
Child Fatalities
June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I have a lot of respected friends and colleagues who care for pediatric abusive head trauma and sexual abuse patients. And I have a lot of respected friends and colleagues who prosecute these cases. So I will be interested in feedback about this particular Frontline program (it debuted last night on PBS) that looks at child [...]
Jun
17
For all of our death investigator colleagues, the newly published Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator from the US Department of Justice (PDF).
Mar
1
Articles of Note: February/March Edition
March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I failed to get one of these done last month, so consider this a dual post: time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the late January/February/March/early April issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my [...]
Nov
18
Archived DNA Webinars
November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
We’ve been talking a lot about DNA here at work over the past several days, so I thought I would repost some previously delivered (now archived) webinars on a variety of DNA-related topics over at NCVC.
Nov
16
Articles of Note: November Edition
November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the October/November/December issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s [...]
