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what are the signs and symptoms of suffocation? Can death be caused by an alcohol cloth being placed over the nose?

 

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August 21 10:12 AM (9 minutes and 28 seconds later)
         
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The classic signs are small areas of heamorrhage in the skin (petecheia).

There may also be bruising of the neck dependent upin the mode of suffocation.

An alcohol cloth over the nose would not cause death as you could still breathe through your mouth!

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