Table 3:

Patterns of Traumatic Injury.

Finding	Signs of vitality		Survival Length
	Soot	COHb
Blunt force injury
21-year-old male discovered in house fire	No	Negative	Dead at scene
21-year-old male discovered in burning car	Yes	56%	Dead at scene
56-year-old female discovered in house fire	Yes	2%	Dead at scene
89-year-old male discovered in house fire	Yes	59%	Dead at scene
91-year-old male discovered in house fire	Yes	7%	Dead at scene
Gunshot wounds
35-year-old male shot, then set on fire	No	Not performed	2 days
55-year-old male shot, then set on fire	Yes	46%	Dead at scene
Sharp force injury
26-year-old male discovered in house fire	Yes	41%	Dead at scene
39-year-old male kidnapped and set on fire	Yes	Negative	1 day

Abbreviation: COHb, carboxyhemoglobin.