Photographing Injuries in the Acute Care Setting: Development and Evaluation of a Standardized Protocol for Research, Forensics, and Clinical Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Photographing injuries in the acute setting allows for improved documentation as well as assessment by clinicians and others who have not personally examined a patient. This tool is important, particularly for telemedicine, tracking of wound healing, the evaluation of potential abuse, and injury research. Despite this, protocols to ensure standardization of photography in clinical practice, forensics, or research have not been published. In preparation for a study of injury patterns in elder abuse and geriatric falls, our goal was to develop and evaluate a protocol for standardized photography of injuries that may be broadly applied.

Methods

We conducted a literature review for techniques and standards in medical, forensic, and legal photography. We developed a no

SUBMITTER: Bloemen EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5052606 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature