ABMDI (All questions solved)

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 A.the emergency department. B.the emergency department and any part of the hospital leading from the street to the room. C.the whole hospital. D.any location the decedent may have been prior to death. E.any location the decedent may have been within the past 24 hours. correct answers A.the emergency department. If the deceased is decomposed, mutilated, or burned beyond recognition and the family insists, for religious or cultural reasons, on viewing the body, the investigator should: A.expedite the family's request for immediate viewing by taking them directly to the viewing area without delay. B.refuse their request to view the remains under any circumstances; viewing will take place after the funeral director assures the investigator that the body is appropriately prepared. C.prepare the family before viewing with a verbal explanation and possibly photographs of the remains. D.gather all pertinent information from the family after they view the remains. E.explain to the family that the body is unrecognizable as the person they knew and that they should hold the memories of the decedent as they knew them. correct answers C.prepare the family before viewing with a verbal explanation and possibly photographs of the remains All of the following are considered common errors investigators make when collecting evidence EXCEPT which one? A.Removal of evidence before photographing. B.Not collecting enough evidence.