ABMDI exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

Official pronouncement of death can be accomplished by the state statue and local customs Authorization to conduct a medicolegal autopsy must be provided by the coroner or medical examiner when jurisdiction is established A healthy 4 month old infant is found unresponsive in his crib at home. He was in the hospital for 26 hours before being pronounced. No external trauma or disease. the coroner has jurisdiction because of the unexplained death of an infant We are investigating a suspected SIDS death. You should notify your statewides SIDS program ASAP after the autopsy Which is not normally considered for organ donation? A. liver and bones// B. Long bones and pelvis// C. reproductive organs// D. heart valves// E. pancreas and skin C. Reproductive organs Authority is derived from state and local laws governing the role of the medical examiner/coroner Are we allowed to release records from other agencies no. Brain death procurement heart, lung, liver, bone marrow, kidneys and pancreas Cardiac death procurement corneas, skin, bone, heart valves and tendons Authorization for organ/tissue procurement is considered valid if the decedent's legal NOK or representative has given consent Should we tell information to anyone? no. only to the appropriate agencies who reserve the right to receive it. How should a death investigator report be written? Should be complete, factual, accurate, unbaised and timely Retort A vessel of chamber in which substances are decomposed by heat Disinterment Exhumation; removal of a body from a grave. Who should you interview? The ones that know the most about the terminal events, PMH and so on Media Relations Rules 1. Disseminate accurate and timely information of public interest and concern 2. Enforce the office's policy regarding the ROI to the media 3. ME NEVER releases another agency's report or records to the media or family 4. NEVER release the ID until NOK has been notified