Abstract
Aim
 The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on forensic cases treated by Emergency Medical Services compared to the pre-pandemic periods.
 Material and Methods
 The study was designed to evaluate the Emergency Medical Services cases retrospectively. We included forensic cases data covering pandemic period (period A - from March 11, 2020 to March 10, 2021) and pre-pandemic period (period B - from March 11 and period C - 2019 to March 10, 2020) in Ankara, Turkey.
 Results
 We included a total of 117,753 patients. The most common type of forensic case in all periods was traffic accidents (62.9%). This was followed by assaults (14.1%) and suicides (8.2%). The number of traffic accidents was found to be lower during the pandemic period (60.3%) than in other periods (p
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