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Medical examiner/coroner authority at a death scene comes from -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The medical examiner/coroner office
policy derived from state statutory authority.
When investigating a death, it is best to - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Use all available resources.
A good point to remember regarding report writing is that - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Information is of little use unless it is properly
documented and communicated to others.
If you are called to a hospital's emergency department to begin the
medicolegal death investigation of a death caused by a firearm, the
medicolegal "scene" is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The emergency
room
State systems, or states with a "State Medical Examiner" typically
investigate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All deaths within their state
that fall under statute.
You work as an investigator for the medical examiner's office. The local
high school sociology teacher has invited you to give a presentation on
"medicolegal death investigation." Which ONE of the following topics
would be MOST appropriate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Role of
the Medical Examiner
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Proper distribution and use of investigative reports include all of the
following EXCEPT which ONE? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Providing
medical information to the news media.
A recent infant death you investigated has been termed a SIDS death
on the preliminary autopsy report. You, as the investigator, must
contact - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The local SIDS Center and the
local police agency.
When one is writing descriptive information about a death scene, the
name, address, and telephone number of the decedent are all part of
the _____________ to be included in the case file. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Demographic information
The public information officer (PIO) for your jurisdiction requests
information regarding an investigation for exclusive release. The
investigator should - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Advise the PIO of
office policy and decline to provide information that would not
otherwise be provided to other news agencies.
A funeral director contacts you concerning the death of a local
physician's spouse. Upon discovering her dead, the physician called the
funeral director and requested that the body be immediately removed
to the funeral home. You should do all of the following EXCEPT -
Answers ( Latest 2025 )
Medical examiner/coroner authority at a death scene comes from -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The medical examiner/coroner office
policy derived from state statutory authority.
When investigating a death, it is best to - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Use all available resources.
A good point to remember regarding report writing is that - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Information is of little use unless it is properly
documented and communicated to others.
If you are called to a hospital's emergency department to begin the
medicolegal death investigation of a death caused by a firearm, the
medicolegal "scene" is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The emergency
room
State systems, or states with a "State Medical Examiner" typically
investigate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All deaths within their state
that fall under statute.
You work as an investigator for the medical examiner's office. The local
high school sociology teacher has invited you to give a presentation on
"medicolegal death investigation." Which ONE of the following topics
would be MOST appropriate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Role of
the Medical Examiner
, ABMDI Practice Test Questions &
Answers ( Latest 2025 )
Proper distribution and use of investigative reports include all of the
following EXCEPT which ONE? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Providing
medical information to the news media.
A recent infant death you investigated has been termed a SIDS death
on the preliminary autopsy report. You, as the investigator, must
contact - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The local SIDS Center and the
local police agency.
When one is writing descriptive information about a death scene, the
name, address, and telephone number of the decedent are all part of
the _____________ to be included in the case file. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Demographic information
The public information officer (PIO) for your jurisdiction requests
information regarding an investigation for exclusive release. The
investigator should - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Advise the PIO of
office policy and decline to provide information that would not
otherwise be provided to other news agencies.
A funeral director contacts you concerning the death of a local
physician's spouse. Upon discovering her dead, the physician called the
funeral director and requested that the body be immediately removed
to the funeral home. You should do all of the following EXCEPT -
