Cook County. The plastic bag prevents the physiologic breathing by rapid oxygen consumption and mechanical obstruction of the oral and nasal orifices. Inert gases are commonly associated with this type of death (see the tank on the right). No further info.
Fig.1 Plastic bag suffocation.
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