Provided with Verified A+ Graded
Answers
Which of the following MUST notify the coroner/ME promptly
upon discovery of a suspicious death?
a. law enforcement official
b. funeral director
c. EMT or paramedic
d. ER room physician
e. all of the above
e. all of the above
A 35 year old white female, who was employed as a waitress,
unexpectedly dies at work. An autopsy confirms the cause of
death as bacterial meningitis. Which of the following agencies
must be notified promptly?
a. emergency medical association
b. department of public health
c. department of OSHA
d. department of children and family services
e. food and drug administration
b. department of public health
,You have received a call in regard to a natural death at a
residence. Your investigation should include:
a. establishing a cause and manner of death at the scene
b. accepting family members' opinions as to the COD
c. contacting the physician of the deceased
d. basing your conclusions on the opinion of paramedics at
the scene
e. forming an opinion as to the COD based on types of
meds prescribed
c. contacting the physician of the deceased
,You are on scene of a homicide and the police tell you
that the media want you to release the subject's name and
information about the case. You should:
a.take them with you to the scene
b. follow office policy and procedures that your office
has established for dealing with media
c. tell the media that you will not give them any information
but that you will let them take pictures of the body
d. let the police make the press release on behalf of
your office
e. give the media the basic information
b. follow office policy and procedures that your office has
established for dealing with media
In general, which of the following is not normally considered
for organ/tissue procurement purposes?
a. heart valves
b. long bones and pelvis
c. kidneys
d. tendon and veins
e. reproductive organs
e. reproductive organs
, The pathologist must be alerted to religious requests from
the family:
a. before the victim's body is taken from hospital
b. after the autopsy before the body is taken to the funeral
home
c. before the victim's body is taken from the scene
d. only if the religion requires it
e. before the autopsy is performed
e. before the autopsy is performed
Retort
a vessel or chamber in which substances are decomposed by
heat