ABMDI-D | Questions and Answers with complete solution

ANECEPHALIC - An infant born without a brain BEREAVEMENT - Sorrow following the death of a loved one BRAIN DEATH - Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as indicated by a flat EEG or absence of cerebral blood flow for a predetermined period of time CARDIAC DEATH - Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular system involving the heart and blood vessels CESSATION - The final stoppage of action CORONER - Typically an elected official who decides whether a death occurred under circumstances that require an autopsy, either by law or to determine manner or cause. JURISDICTION - The power of authority a court or office has over individuals or trauma LNOK - The person from whom the medicolegal death investigator must secure consent before initiating any procurement activity MEDICAL EXAMINER - Usually a medical doctor, although not necessary a highly trained pathologist. Like a coroner, a ME decides whether a death occurred under circumstances that may require an autopsy and who will perform it if the ME is not qualified. OPO (organ procurement organization) - The agency responsible for identifying potential donors, obtaining consent, and procuring organs POSTMORTEM CHANGES - Alterations of the body following death, including decomposition and environmental resuscitative injuries