DEATH BY FRATERNITY HAZING

Fraternity hazing can cause a variety of injuries and deaths. We recen tly had the opportunity to investigate a heat-related death that occur red during a college fraternity event. The original death investigatio n did not consider the circumstances of death, environmental condition s, or the subtle autopsy findings related to heat stroke. This case is intended to alert health care professionals that deaths on college ca mpuses may be related to fraternity hazing and may require in-depth in vestigations. An analysis of the death and a discussion of heat-relate d injuries are presented.