Forensic unit for the documentation of violence
Are you a healthcare professional?
If you have any questions about preserving evidence or documenting injuries for use in court, please call us. We will be happy to advise you.
Contact and advice
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
You can call to make an appointment at any time of the day or night.
Specially trained doctors, both male and female, who are bound by medical confidentiality carry out examinations at the LNS or at one of the partner hospitals.
Information material and training courses
We would be happy to provide training on documenting injuries and preserving trace evidence for use in court. You can also request information material about umedo for your patients. Please send your enquiries to info@umedo.lu.
Court-admissible documentation and preservation of trace evidence
The aim of documenting injuries is to enable independent third parties to accurately reconstruct the pattern of injuries.
Photographs of the injuries, preferably taken perpendicular to the injury and with a scale, make the injuries considerably easier to assess.
The following points should be included in written injury documentation:
- the precise location of each injury
- a neutral description of the injury (shape, colour, boundaries and size)
- the exact number of injuries
Body diagrams help to clearly show injuries, especially when the pattern of injuries is complex.
You will find body diagrams to download below.
Further information
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