ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1985
Page Count: 4

Death at High Altitude in the Hypobaric Chamber
Wright, DG
Resident in forensic pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

Spencer, JD
Commander, MC, USN, Chairman, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

Dixon, JP
Captain, USAF, BSC, staff physiologist, Division of Aerospace Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

(Received 18 April 1984; accepted 8 June 1984)

Abstract

A small number of accidental and suicidal deaths have occurred in the hypobaric, or high altitude, chamber. A case of an unusual suicide in a hypobaric chamber is presented. The changes that resulted from decompression and hypoxia are discussed.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, asphyxia, decompression, hypobaric chamber, hypoxia, suicide

Paper ID: JFS10988J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10988J
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