Biomaterial Database

[An unusual suicidal attempt (author's transl)]. 1979

R Langer

Report on an unusual suicidal attempt by a separating disc (grinding disc). The patient inflicted himself incisions on both wrists, the occiput and the throat between the hyoid-bone and the thyroid cartilage. The hypopharynx was severed up to the posterior wall and the left jugular vein was cut completely. Due to the immediate care by the physician, the patient survived.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency
D005392	First Aid	Emergency care or treatment given to a person who suddenly becomes ill or injured before full medical services become available.	Aid, First,Aids, First,First Aids
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000648	Amnesia, Retrograde	Loss of the ability to recall information that had been previously encoded in memory prior to a specified or approximate point in time. This process may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organic forms may be associated with CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS; SEIZURES; DEMENTIA; and a wide variety of other conditions that impair cerebral function. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp426-9)	Pre-Ictal Memory Loss,Retrograde Amnesia,Amnesia, Pre-Ictal,Memory Loss, Retrograde,Amnesia, Pre Ictal,Amnesias, Pre-Ictal,Amnesias, Retrograde,Memory Loss, Pre-Ictal,Memory Losses, Pre-Ictal,Memory Losses, Retrograde,Pre Ictal Memory Loss,Pre-Ictal Amnesia,Pre-Ictal Amnesias,Pre-Ictal Memory Losses,Retrograde Amnesias,Retrograde Memory Loss,Retrograde Memory Losses
D012559	Schizophrenia	A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, HALLUCINATIONS, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior.	Dementia Praecox,Schizophrenic Disorders,Disorder, Schizophrenic,Disorders, Schizophrenic,Schizophrenias,Schizophrenic Disorder
D012886	Skull	The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.	Calvaria,Cranium,Calvarium,Skulls
D013406	Suicide, Attempted	The unsuccessful attempt to kill oneself.	Parasuicide,Suicide Attempt,Attempt, Suicide,Attempted Suicide,Parasuicides
D014950	Wounds, Penetrating	Wounds caused by objects penetrating the skin.	Penetrating Wound,Penetrating Wounds,Wound, Penetrating